Anatomical Characters in Three Oak Species (Q. libani, Q. brantii and Q. infectoria) from Iranian Zagros Mountains

Zagros Mountains have a rich variety of tree species. So the difference in wood structure and properties allow manufacturing of wood- based products with many different appearance and uses. Since wood is a popular and useful material, it is important for us to be able to distinguish the wood of one species from another. That is the reason why we studied anatomical features of oak spp.This paper provides information on how to identify the wood due to several common features as to Quercus spp. In other words the inter specific and intra specific variability of wood anatomy among the three major oak species: Q. libani, Q. brantii and Q. infectoria of Iranian mountains (Zagros) were evaluated