Hardwood
Aspen , being a deciduous tree, provides a hardwood.
To my knowledge, any deciduous tree ( A tree that loses it's leaves in the winter) is considered a hardwood. Even the Tulip Poplar tree that is most often mistaken for a softwood, is a hardwood tree.
Hardwood. All deciduous (leaf bearing) trees are hardwoods.
Hardwood comes from trees with wide leaves, while softwood comes from conifers like cypress and pines. The chestnut tree is a hardwood tree.
Although it is a softish wood Willow is a hardwood because it is deciduous.
The terms coniferous and deciduous refer to trees, rather than particular kinds of forests. Forests described as coniferous or deciduous are those containing primarily those kinds of trees. Coniferous trees are trees which don't change over the seasons, like evergreens and other pine trees.
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No, most(?) deciduous trees are hardwoods.
A leaf is neither. A cherry tree is a hardwood.
Wikipedia lists palmwood as a hardwood.
No, it's a hardwood.
Specifically, a softwood is wood milled from a deciduous tree.