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Softwood comes from conifers such as pine, spruce and fir.
timber is not a type of tree...it is a reference to trees before they are cut for lumber
Mostly evergreen trees such as Pine trees are softwood.
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By definition, all dicotyledon trees are hardwood trees. All polycotyledon trees are softwood trees. Cherry trees are dicotyledons. Long leaf pines have much harder wood than most hardwood trees. "Dade County Pine," a type of Slash Pine, is too hard to nail. Termites can not bite into it. It is still called softwood.
By definition, all dicotyledon trees are hardwood trees. All polycotyledon trees are softwood trees. Cherry trees are dicotyledons. Long leaf pines have much harder wood than most hardwood trees. "Dade County Pine," a type of Slash Pine, is too hard to nail. Termites can not bite into it. It is still called softwood.
Softwood. Softwood is a class of timber that has a loose widely spaced grain such as pine for example, hardwood has a fine closely set grain such as eucalyptus and balsawood.
Needle-leaf trees produce softwood.
Pine is a soft wood. Generally speaking, Trees with leaves are hardwood, Trees with needles are softwood.
Hardwood comes from deciduous trees. Softwood comes from conifers.
Softwood trees are any trees that have needle-like leaves, like pine trees, fir, redwood, or cedar. Hardwoods come from trees with broad leaves. Both varieties can be found almost anywhere worldwide.
No-one "created" softwood, it is just a type of wood. soft woods include pines and other trees that have a "greenish" layer underneath the bark