Where does softwood originate from?

Answer 1

Softwood is different from hardwood because of the type of tree the wood is from and that it comes from a fast growing tree rather than the slow growing tree that hardwoods come from. It is available in every country that has fast growing trees or most if not every country

Answer 2

To answer this question you first must know the difference between soft and hard woods, a very "Basic" rule of thumb is trees with leaves are hardwoods, trees with needles are softwoods, with that said, here is a site that explains the difference. (excerpt)

A hardwood tree is often, but not necessarily, a harder and denser wood than a softwood. The term comes from old logging camp "rules of thumb" where woods were sometimes named by their resistance to sawing.

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The Great Hardwood Forest...

A great example of an exception to the rule is balsa wood. Balsa is one of the lightest, least dense woods there is, but it is considered a hardwood.

Hardwood and softwood differences actually have to do with plant reproduction. All trees reproduce by producing seeds, but seed structures vary. Hardwood trees are angiosperms, plants that produce seeds with some sort of covering. This might be a fruit, such as an apple, or a hard shell, such as an acorn or hickory nut.

Softwoods, on the other hand, are gymnosperms (conifers) with "naked" seed. These plants have seeds that fall to the ground with no covering. Pines, firs and spruces, which grow seeds in cones, fall into this category. In conifers, seeds are released into the wind once they mature. This spreads the plant's seed over a wide area.

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The Great Coniferous Forest...

Typically, angiosperms lose their leaves during cold weather while gymnosperms trees keep their leaves all year round. So, you can say evergreens are softwoods and deciduous trees are hardwoods.

Your answer, in America:

This massive softwood forest is spread over the entire North American continent and makes up the major portion of both trees and volume.

Be sure to click on the sub-sites within this site for even more information.

* http://forestry.about.com/cs/treeid/f/Tree_ID_wood.htm

Answer 3

In a forest of coniferous or "cone bearing" evergreen trees. In a forest of coniferous or "cone bearing" evergreen trees.

Answer 4

it From an evergreen,like a spruce or pine!

Answer 5

in the suthern hemisphere