Yes it is :D
a good solid soft wood, although it's called parana pine and may seem to be a pine... IT'S NOT A TRUE PINE ;)
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_woods) parana pine is a softwood. Jason
yellow pine, Parana pine, hemlock, redwood, spruce, cedar.
The softwood most commonly harvested in Brazil is the pine tree (Pinus sp.). This timber is widely used for construction, furniture, and paper production in the country.
Pine is a soft wood. Generally speaking, Trees with leaves are hardwood, Trees with needles are softwood.
All spruce, pine and fir is softwood.
It is a softwood.
Softwood
Pine, like all other conifers, is classified as a softwood.
A pine is a softwood no matter how hard the heartwood is.
Pine is softwood.
Scots Pine is Softwood.