no, it is considered a hardwood.
Hardwood Timber, Softwood Timber and Plywood
Softwood Huh, not the birch I have fell!
Birch Birch is a stiff, close-grained hardwood that grows primarily in northeast U.S. and Canada. A heavy wood, it has a high shock resistance. Birch is very light in color (predominantly a light yellow) and takes any stain well.
yes hemlock wood is a sofftwood
Wood pulp-which produces paper-comes from softwood trees such as spruce, pine, fir, larch, and hemlock trees. Wood pulp also comes from hardwoods such as eucalyptus, aspen, and birch trees.
Lumbermen use the term softwood to refer to conifers. Since birch is not a conifer, it is not softwood. Birches at the northern limit of their range are hard and quite useful for making violins and piano soundboards. At the south end of their range, Robert Frost liked to climb them until they would bend over and take him down to the ground so they probably were soft!
IT is considered a Softwood but it is a good strong wood, and also has an amazingly flexible wood.
Scots Pine is Softwood.
Pulp is neither hardwood nor softwood. Hardwood and softwood are classification of wood types. Both hardwood and softwood can be pulped. There are various types of hardwood pulps and softwood pulps.
Softwood is the wood of conifers.
Specifically, a softwood is wood milled from a deciduous tree.
Silver Birch