Classifying trees: softwoods and hardwoods

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1. Where timber comes from
2. Growing trees for timber: seed to maturity
3. Preparing a tree nursery
4. Caring for seedlings and planting out
5. Classifying trees: softwoods and hardwoods
6. Softwoods and their features
7. Hardwoods and their features
8. A tree walk: observing and classifying trees
9. The tree trunk cross-section: the parts
10. Functions of the parts of a trunk
11. The importance of growing and caring for trees
12. Where timber comes from: bringing it together