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.
Bigtooth aspen hardwood or softwood.
Aspen wood is white and soft but fairly strong.
Although aspen is a hardwood species it is offered by the majority of softwood manufacturers.
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Wide planks of aspen lumber should be available within its natural range for a modest price.
This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices or on the iucn red list of threatened species.
Midwest and northeast united states.
Classifying wood as either a hardwood or softwood comes down to its physical structure and makeup and so it is overly simple to think of hardwoods as being hard and durable compared to soft and workable softwoods.
Aspen is commonly harvested as lumber and is used for pulpwood in paper manufacture.
Aspen has creamy white sapwood with heartwood that changes from brown to greyish white without any visible transition.
Aspen bigtooth aspen populus grandidentata.
Aspen is excellent for mouldings toys and caskets.
Closely related to poplar.
It is fine grained uniform in texture and generally lacks a distinctive pattern.
Other soft hardwoods.