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Why is hardwood cheaper?
Hardwood is normally more expensive than softwood. This is because hard wood is generally a better quality than softwood, takes longer to grow and is pretty.
Why are there fewer softwoods than hardwoods?
even though it takes longer for hardwood to grow softwood is not very usefull as hardwood so they grow less.
Softwood or hardwood which takes the longest to grow?
it varies from species to species. For instance, poplar reaches market size in about ten years and it's a hardwood. Sequoia takes decades to get big, and it's a softwood.
Why is furniture made from softwood?
because softwood is cheaper to make than hardwood Wood GROWS hard or soft. Pine is on the softer end. Hard Rock Maple is VERY durable. It's the milling and woddcutting and time of growth that makes hardwoods more expensive.
Hardwood or softwood which grows quicker?
Two of the quickest-growing trees are poplar and radiata pine, which both reach market size in about 10 years. Poplar is a hardwood (broadleaf) tree, radiata pine is a softwood (needle-leaf) tree. One of the slowest-growing trees is California redwood, which takes about 80 years to reach market size; it's a softwood.
Is birch a softwood or a hardwood?
Birch Birch is a stiff, close-grained hardwood that grows primarily in northeast U.S. and Canada. A heavy wood, it has a high shock resistance. Birch is very light in color (predominantly a light yellow) and takes any stain well.
It takes longer to renew water soil and air than it does to renew coal oil and minerals?
yes it awsome
Why are hard woods more expensive than soft wood?
because hardwood takes its time to grow so its hard to renew.
Can hardwood be recycled?
No its can't because the 'hard' in 'hardwood' obviously means that the wood is too 'hard' to recycle.
What are the pros and cons of soft wood?
Pros: -Cheaper -More enviromentally friendly as it takes less time to grow -sustainable because you can plant another tree in the place of the one you chop down Cons -Weaker than hard wood -lasts less longer than hardwood as it is easily broken Your welcome, Nihal Afsheen
Is the Quaking Aspen a hardwood tree?
The Quaking Aspen or Populus tremula , by virtue of being deciduous, is classed as a hardwood, the wood ,because of the rapid growth , does not produce a good hardwood, the longer the growth takes the better the hardwood, it is used for matchsticks and papermaking.
How long do hardwood trees take to grow?
Hardwood trees generally take several decades to reach maturity, with some species taking 40-60 years or more. Factors such as species, environmental conditions, and management practices can influence the growth rate of hardwood trees.
