How hard a piece of wood is really has nothing to do with its being called hard. Hard wood comes from deciduous trees, trees that drop their leaves in winter. - wjs1632 -
Most sycamores are hard wood trees.
Mostly, trees.
Hardwood comes from deciduous trees. Softwood comes from conifers.
Any wood from trees that do not have deciduous leaves is called 'soft' wood. Conversely, any wood from trees that do not have needles is a 'hard' wood.
I beleive they are soft wood,but turn hard after drying
the difference between hard wood and soft wood tree's is hard wood tree's are summer/spring/fall trees like maple trees and soft wood tree's are like Douglas fur's ever green tree's
it is a softwood tree
Cedar is hard wood. It is from angiosperm trees.
It would be in the broad range of hard wood. Generally any slow growing tree is a hard wood.
Not all do. Some deciduous trees such as the larch and cypress are classified as "Softwood". Some hardwood trees like Balsa have wood that is much softer than most softwoods. You can look at Hard and Soft to be the distinction between flowering trees and gymnosperms. It really has little to do with the hardness of the wood.
Answerdeciduous trees are considered "hard wood" trees, and coniferous trees are "soft", even though some deciduous trees are soft and some coniferous trees are hard. but to answer your question, yes ash is a deciduous wood but it is soft and light. AnswerAsh is a hardwood.