What is hardwoods and softwoods?
Here is a nice definition. “What is the difference between a softwood and a hardwood?” First of all, it has absolutely nothing to do with the comparative hardness of the two. Some hardwoods are softer than softwoods, and vice versa. In fact boxwood and aspen are two very soft hardwoods, while fir and longleaf line are very hard softwoods. Try saying that ten times really fast! Both hardwoods and softwoods are woody vascular plants but the characteristics of the tree itself, not the wood that is contained therein are used to make the differentiation. The difference between softwoods and hardwoods has to do with their relative biology of reproduction and some other distinctive physical attributes. Softwoods are gymnosperms; the term gymnosperm is Latin for naked seeds. This refers to the fact that their seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. They are also known as conifers or evergreens and are cone-bearing. They typically have waxy, needle-like leaves that stay on the tree year round, alth
