Origins Of Common Softwoods And Hardwoods
Do note a wood s heartwood is harder than its sapwood.
Origins of common softwoods and hardwoods. For example swietena mahagony south american mahogany and african mahogany are all marketed as mahogany but their. Also wood names can be misleading. Common hardwoods and softwoods for furniture. North american softwood species have needle shaped foliage instead of the leaves found on hardwood trees.
Hardwoods come from deciduous trees which have large flat leaves that. Softwood trees take around half the time 25 to 30 years and. Softwoods come from conifer trees or cone bearing trees. Softwoods are not necessarily softer than hardwoods.
Timber comes from trees. This happens to be generally true but there are exceptions such as in the cases of wood from yew trees a softwood that is relatively hard and wood from balsa trees a. Hardwood trees take a long time to grow around 60 years sometimes up to 100. Hardwoods include ash balsa beech mahogany and oak.
Trees have to grow to full maturity between 25 and 100 years before they can be cut down for wood. Softwood is usually wood from gymnosperm trees such as pines and spruces.