As late as 1999, the preservation of this unique site was a concern, as the fossil wood was easily damaged and eroded once exposed.

The fossil wood is in the form of horizontal tree trunks up to 18 m long and 600 mm diameter.

A type of fossil wood has been described from logs found in Eschweiler mines.

Dadoxylon is a form genus of fossil wood, including massive tree trunks.

It was so named because deposits of fossil wood were found on the point.

They contain pieces of fossil wood and plant, ground into thin sheets and fixed to glass in order to be studied under microscopes.

The fossil wood may be the only part of the plant that has been preserved: therefore such wood may get a special kind of botanical name.

Occasional fragments of fossil wood may also be found.

He conducted extensive studies of fluid inclusions in crystals and the microscopic structure of fossil wood.

The study of fossil wood is sometimes called palaeoxylology, with a "palaeoxylologist" somebody who studies fossil wood.