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Hardwoods come from broadleafed trees. These are generally deciduous although there are a few broadleaved evergreen trees. Hardwoods include maple, ash, elm, oak and others. The term hardwood is confusing as some softwood trees have wood harder than some hardwoods. As an example some hardwoods (e.g. balsa) are softer than most softwoods, while yew is an example of a hard softwood.
Technically the distinction between hardwood and softwood relates to the plant's reproduction. All trees reproduce by producing seeds, but the seed structure varies. Hardwood trees are angiosperms, seeds with some sort of covering. Softwoods are gymnosperms. These plants let seeds fall to the ground as is, with no covering.
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Is an Ash tree a softwood tree?
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.
Which type of timber comes from deciduous trees?
Hardwood comes from deciduous trees. Softwood comes from conifers.
Types Of Softwoods?
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.
Why do deciduous trees have 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.
Is deciduous a soft wood or a hard wood?
Hard wood. Those kinds of wood is what you call a angiosperm. Soft wood are the gymnosperms. I hope I helped. =D
What is wood hard?
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 -
What kind of trees do hardwoods come from?
Hard and soft wood have nothing to do with how hard or soft the wood is. Naturally. That would make it too easy. Hard wood comes from deciduous trees, trees that shed their leaves, while soft wood comes from evergreen, or coniferous, trees. Now aren't you glad you asked?
Are locust trees soft wood?
I beleive they are soft wood,but turn hard after drying
Is yew soft or hard wood?
Yew is a softwood. The Yew is a conifer, and softwoods come from coniferous trees, while hardwoods come primarily from deciduous trees.
What is a deciduous tree and a coniferous tree?
A coniferous tree has soft wood and usually has needles instead of leaves and keeps them all year long, whereas the deciduous trees have regular leaves, usually a hard wood, and they loose their leaves during the winter.
What is a coniferous tree and a deciduous tree?
A coniferous tree has soft wood and usually has needles instead of leaves and keeps them all year long, whereas the deciduous trees have regular leaves, usually a hard wood, and they loose their leaves during the winter.
Why is cherry wood a hard wood?
Cherry is a hardwood because all deciduous trees are classed as hardwoods.
