Where Does Wood Originate from?

Wood is an organic material, meaning it comes from nature. Specifically, the part of nature that wood comes from is the trunks and branches of trees. If you cut through the trunk of a tree, there are several rings that tell you how old the wood is.

What is the origin of wood?

History. A 2011 discovery in the Canadian province of New Brunswick yielded the earliest known plants to have grown wood, approximately 395 to 400 million years ago. Wood can be dated by carbon dating and in some species by dendrochronology to determine when a wooden object was created.

Where does wood come from in the world?

Much of the wood we use comes from plantation forests, but a significant portion of it is extracted from natural forests. About a third of wood extracted from natural forests worldwide is used for timber products.