Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce.
Is maple a hardwood tree.
It s also the state tree in four different states in the us for more information please see the article on the differences between hard maple and soft.
Also note that black maple not pictured isn t quite as hard as its close relative hard maple and ranks in the mid range with a hardness of 1 180 lb f.
The wood of the sugar maple is strong heavy and hard with a light brown to reddish color.
Its wood is stronger stiffer harder and denser than all of the other species of maple commercially available in lumber form.
Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple.
Some maple wood has a highly decorative wood grain known as flame maple quilt maple birdseye maple and burl wood.
The sugar maple tree or acer saccharum is classified as a hard hardwood maple tree.
All maples are hardwoods but the species found in america are further classified as hard or soft maples.
The most common hard maple is the sugar or rock maple.
The texture and density of the wood a tree produces puts it in either the hardwood or softwood category.
This condition occurs randomly in individual trees of several species and often cannot be detected until the wood has been sawn though it is sometimes visible in the standing tree as a rippled pattern in the bark.
Hard maple ought to be considered the king of the acer genus.