Tree-rings (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Tree-rings

Caption

A cross section of wood shows the annual growth rings trees add with each growing season. Dark bands of latewood form the boundary between each ring and the next. Counting backwards from the bark reveals a tree's age.

Credit

Daniel Griffin/Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

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