Sampling a Tree (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Sampling a Tree

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Dendrochronologists extract a small, pencil-shaped sample of wood from a tree with a tool called an increment borer. The tiny hole left in the tree's trunk quickly heals as the tree continues to grow.

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Daniel Griffin/Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

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