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There are two broad classes of wood: hardwoods (such as eucalypts) which have short fine fibres suitable for printing grades of paper, and softwoods (such as pine) which have long coarse fibres which are suitable wherever strength is required (e.g. for bag and sack papers, and in small proportions for reinforcing printing papers).
