newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
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sapwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of sapwood
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Yew sapwood is good only in tension, while the heartwood is good in compression.
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The heartwood is golden to dark brown, and sapwood white to pale brownish white.
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Tamarind timber consists of hard, dark red heartwood and softer, yellowish sapwood.
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The fibre length of sapwood is generally longer than the fibre length of hearthwood.
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The larvae typically feed on the inner bark, then bore into the sapwood or heartwood.
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The current surges through sapwood, boiling sap and water in the conducting channels.
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Lighter-colored sapwood in less-expensive cedar and redwood boards doesn't resist dry rot.
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The conducting path for the lightning lies not in the sapwood but in the core's moisture.
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No definite relation exists between the annual rings of growth and the amount of sapwood.
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- Newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
- The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch, different in color from the heartwood
- The outer zone of wood, next to the bark. In the living tree it contains some living cells (the heartwood contains none), as well as dead and dying cells. In most species, it is lighter colored than the heartwood. In all species, it is lacking in decay resistance.
- Layers of secondary xylem that are still functional in older woody plants; visible as the outer lighter areas in the cross section of a tree trunk.
- Wood that is new growth on a tree. Normally it is softer than heartwood.
- The outer growth rings which are the physiologically active part of a living tree. Sapwood is usually lighter in color and is considered softer and less insect and rot resistant than heartwood.
- The outer layers of growth between the bark and the heartwood that contain the sap.
- The outside of a tree where active growth takes place; produces immature, lighter-colored wood when milled.
- The outer part of the wood; also called alburnum.
