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Hard and soft wood have nothing to do with how hard or soft the wood is. Naturally. That would make it too easy. Hard wood comes from deciduous trees, trees that shed their leaves, while soft wood comes from evergreen, or coniferous, trees.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoDeciduous, broad leaf trees.
"Hardwood" is a common term used to describe deciduous trees, meaning broad leafed trees that drop their leaves in the autumn. Hardwood trees are distinguished from softwood trees, which are also known as coniferous or evergreen, and characterized by needles rather than leaves, which remain on the tree throughout the winter. In general, hardwoods produce a fruit or a nut, while softwoods produce a cone. Does this Spark an idea?
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∙ 14y agoNormally country's that have a temperate or tropical climate, this gives rise to fast, sustained growth throughout the year. The timber is then soft as it is being formed at elevated rates.
In contrast trees that are grown in cold (or even extremely arid) climates the wood tends to be harder as the trees only have a single active (summer) growth season per year.
This however is a generalisation and there are numerous exceptions.
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∙ 15y agoSoft wood comes from trees with needles like pine and balsam. Hard wood comes from trees with leaves like oak, maple, etc.
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∙ 8y agoNon-deciduous trees are soft woods. Deciduous trees are hard woods.
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∙ 14y agohardwoods are oak, mahgany, beech, teak and balsa.
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∙ 10y agoAny evergreen tree, spruce, pine and fir
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Where do hardwood trees grow?
They can grow anywhere other trees grow. Hardwoods are known as Conifers & they lose their leaves in the winter. Non hardwood trees, are call dicidous trees and dont lose their green in winter. Bamboo is a Grass not a wood at all & some hardwood trees are sofether than some Dicidous trees so its an imprecise designation.
Is a cedar tree softwood or hardwood?
Douglas fir - like all firs - is a softwood."Softwood" is actually a term that is used to classify all the conifers while "hardwood" is used as a classification for all angiosperm trees. In terms of actual "hardness", density or mechanical strength, the "softwoods" overlap the "hardwoods" with the hardest softwoods being harder than the softest hardwoods. The average hardness for hardwoods is harder than the average hardness of softwoods. Douglas fir in particular is definitely softer than most hardwoods.
What is the name of trees that produce hard wood?
That would depend on the type of hardwood, but generally, the name comes from the tree type. Hardwoods such as Red Cedar, Elm, Cherry, Balsa, Teak, Mahogany, Maple and Oak. There are hundreds of different trees hardwood can come from, despite their weight, such as Cedar and Balsa. Hardwood is measured in density.
Does a beech tree have soft or hard wood?
Deciduous trees are, technically, hardwoods. It is used for benchtops & mallets, so it must be "dense" as well.
What kind of trees grow in two's?
Pear trees.
What are the hardwood trees?
Trees such as Oak, Maple, Mahogany, and Willow are hardwoods. Note that pine trees are NOT hardwoods but softwoods.
What do broad leaf trees produce?
Broad leaf trees produce hardwoods.
What do loggers use trees for?
they use trees to burn for fuel, for hardwoods and so on
Are maple trees hardwoods?
yes, it is a hardwood tree...
Where does hardwoods come from?
Hardwoods came from hardwood or angiosperm trees. They are usually classified as hardwoods because of their physical structure and make up. They are commonly denser and more expensive than others like softwoods.One good example of hardwood is the oak beam which is very useful to different industries.
What are the uses of maple and hickory hardwoods?
some Hardwoods come in different textures. or some come in different type of colours-for example dark and light! but what are the other uses of hardwoods!
What different groups of trees are there?
there is two main types of groups of trees which are call conifers and hardwoods!
Different types of hardwoods and soft woods?
Oak, maple, hickory, ash, red gum (eucalyptus) and (believe it or not) balsa are hardwoods. Pine, spruce, fir, larch, and cypress are softwoods
Do deciduous trees have hard or soft wood?
Hardwoods come from broadleafed trees. These are generally deciduous although there are a few broadleaved evergreen trees. Hardwoods include maple, ash, elm, oak and others. The term hardwood is confusing as some softwood trees have wood harder than some hardwoods. As an example some hardwoods (e.g. balsa) are softer than most softwoods, while yew is an example of a hard softwood. Technically the distinction between hardwood and softwood relates to the plant's reproduction. All trees reproduce by producing seeds, but the seed structure varies. Hardwood trees are angiosperms, seeds with some sort of covering. Softwoods are gymnosperms. These plants let seeds fall to the ground as is, with no covering.
What tree is softwoods made from?
Softwoods are from needle-leaf trees like pines and firs. Hardwoods are from broadleaf trees.
What trees are hardwoods made of?
Hardwood trees make coffins, ropes, canoes, wheels, chairs, and much more.
What trees are known as hardwood?
oak and balsa are hardwoods even though balsa is very soft
