Gymnosperm trees such as the conifers are softwoods. Those are your pines, cedars, larches, spruces, cypress, ginkgo and other trees that don't produce flowers.
The term has little meaning relative to the hardness of the wood since some hardwood trees have wood that is softer than the wood of some softwoods.
The Trees that are soft wood are:
Softwoods are from needle-leaf trees like pines and firs. Hardwoods are from broadleaf trees.
coniferouse trees produce 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.
Trees such as Oak, Maple, Mahogany, and Willow are hardwoods. Note that pine trees are NOT hardwoods but softwoods.
Softwoods such as Spruce, Pine etc.
Wood is classified as either softwood or hardwood.The evergreen trees, such as pine, are called softwoods. The hardwoods are the deciduous trees, the ones that lose their leaves in the winter.In spite of their names, not all softwoods are soft and not all hardwoods are hard!
Usually softwoods as they have more branches and lumps on the trunk.
Deciduous trees are hardwood. e.g oak
No, it is quite soft. *Its hardness is irrelevant. Trees that drop seeds are softwoods. Trees that encase the seed in fruits or nuts (such as apples and acorns) are hardwoods. Balsa is probably the softest and least dense wood known, yet it is a hardwood. All pines, spruces and firs are softwoods.
spruce, pine & balsa are the big three.
Basically yes, pine trees are felled as its one of the fastest growing softwoods available.
No, it is quite soft. *Its hardness is irrelevant. Trees that drop seeds are softwoods. Trees that encase the seed in fruits or nuts (such as apples and acorns) are hardwoods. Balsa is probably the softest and least dense wood known, yet it is a hardwood. All pines, spruces and firs are softwoods.