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Beobachtungen an Holzstrahlen im Druckholz

Observations on the rays in compression wood

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Die Kenntnisse über die Anzahl und Struktur der Holzstrahlen im Druckholz sind noch gering und oft widersprechend. Nach einer Untersuchung der chemischen Zusammensetzung der Holzstrahlzellen in Normalholz und Druckholz wird die Struktur der Strahlen in beiden Geweben miteinander verglichen. Strahlen und Strahlzellen waren im Normal- und Druckholz vonAbies balsamea, Larix laricina, Picea rubens, Pseudolsuga menzeisii undTsuga canadensis gleich häufig, inPinus resinosa aber zahlreicher und größer. Feinstruktur und Ligninverteilung der Strahlparenchymzellen und Strahltracheiden inLarix laricina undTaxodium distichum waren in Normal- und Druckholz gleich. Die Sekundärwand war deutlich lamelliert, eine Abschlußlamelle häufig vorhanden. Der Hauptanteil des Lignins lag in der Sekundärwand gleichförmig verteilt vor. Es wird angenommen, daß die große Zahl und der Umfang der Holzstrahlen, die gelegentlich im Druckholz beobachtet wurden, durch das rasche Radialwachstum dieses Holzes bedingt sind.

Summary

Information concerning the number and structure of the rays in compression wood is meagre and often contradictory. Following an investigation of the chemical composition of ray cells in normal and compression woods, the structure of the rays in the two tissues were compared in the present, preliminary study. Rays and ray cells were the same in normal and compression woods ofAbies balsamea, Larix laricina, Picea rubens, Pseudotsuga menzeisii, andTsuga canadensis, but were considerably more numerous and larger inPinus resinosa. The ultrastructure of ray parenchyma and ray tracheids inLarix laricina andTaxodium distichum were identical in normal and compression woods. The secondary wall was distinctly lamellar, and a terminal lamella was often present. Most of the lignin was located in the secondary wall, where it was uniformly distributed. It is suggested that the larger number and size of the rays occasionally observed in compression wood is a result of the rapid growth characteristic of this wood.

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Herrn Professor Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Franz Kollmann zu seinem 65. Geburtstag gewidmet. Herrn A. C. Day danke ich herzlich für die Hilfe beim Mikroskopieren. Diese Untersuchung wurde vom McIntire-Stennis Program, Cooperative State Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, unterstützt, was hier dankbar anerkannt wird.

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Timell, T.E. Beobachtungen an Holzstrahlen im Druckholz. Holz als Roh-und Werkstoff 30, 267–273 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02625127

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