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. 2023 May 13;2023:baad034. doi: 10.1093/database/baad034

Table 2.

The annotation content of SmartWoodID included in the database and derived from visual inspection of the sanded end-grain surface, encompassing 29 different macroscopic wood anatomical features (9) along with information on anomalies, mean colour values and wood density measurements

Structure Property Character Character states Macroscopic feature number IAWA
Growth rings Growth rings Growth rings distinct Present/absent/variable 1
Vessels Porosity Diffuse porous Present/absent/variable 3
Semi-ring porous Present/absent/variable 4
Ring porous Present/absent/variable 5
Arrangement Vessels in tangential bands Present/absent/variable 8
Vessels in radial pattern Present/absent/variable 9
Vessels in diagonal pattern (echelon) Present/absent/variable 10
Vessels in dendritic pattern (flame-like) Present/absent/variable 11
Grouping Solitary and in radial multiples of 2–3 vessels Present/absent/variable 12
Exclusively solitary (≥90%) Present/absent/variable 13
Radial multiples of ≥4 common Present/absent/variable/NA 14
Clusters common Present/absent/variable/NA 15
Frequency ≤5 vessels per square mm Present/absent/variable 16
6–20 vessels/square mm Present/absent/variable 17
>20 vessels/square mm Present/absent/variable 18
Vessel diameter/ pore visibility Small (not visible to the naked eye, <80 µm) Present/absent/variable 19
Medium (just visible to the naked eye, 80–130 µm) Present/absent/variable 20
Large (commonly visible to the naked eye, >130 µm) Present/absent/variable 21
Axial parenchyma Distribution Diffuse-in-aggregates Present/absent/variable 30
Vasicentric Present/absent/variable 31
Lozenge-aliform Present/absent/variable/unilateral 32
Winged-aliform Present/absent/variable/unilateral 33
Confluent Present/absent/variable/unilateral 34
Banded Majority wide/majority narrow/variable/absent 35
Parenchyma in marginal or seemingly marginal bands Present/absent/variable 38
Reticulate Present/absent/variable 39
Scalariform Present/absent/variable 40
Rays Width Ray visibility to the naked eye on the transverse surface Rays not visible/all rays visible/only larger rays visible 43
Rays per mm Rays per mm ≤ 4 mm/5–12 mm/> 12 mm/NA 49
Anomalies visible damage insect holes Present/absent/variable –
fungi Present/absent/variable –
Mechanical damage Present/absent/variable –
Color Red Mean integer values 0–255 –
Green Mean integer values 0–255 –
Blue Mean integer values 0–255 –
Density measurement Wood density Density [kg/m3] –