Maple

[Bird]

is field maple hardwood or softwood?

[sloth]

It's a hard wood

[Bird]

And what about prunus now I have someone in the know ?

[headgroundsman]

if its a broad leaf tree its a hardwood

[sloth]

Exactly. As a general rule evergreen trees are softwood, deciduous are hard - some exceptions of course, and just because it's a hardwood it doesn't mean the timber is hard, like poplar...

Edited December 22, 2015 by sloth

[se7enthdevil]

is field maple hardwood or softwood?

 

 

 

please don't turn it into firewood, field maple is one of the most beautiful timbers we have in this country in my humble opinion and i'm yet to come across a bit that doesn't have any figure of some sort.

 

if it's big enough try to get it milled or get a local wood turner involved.

[se7enthdevil]

Exactly. As a general rule evergreen trees are softwood, deciduous are hard - some exceptions of course, and just because it's a hardwood it doesn't mean the timber is hard, like poplar...

 

this is right, the hardness of the bit of wood has no relation to it being a technical hardwood or softwood but instead of saying evergreens ar softwoods (there are too many exceptions in my opinion) i would say that all softwoods are conifers, so, if it's got a cone it's a softwood.

[Jamie M]

What about an Alder then:001_tongue:

[Bob_z_l]

this is right, the hardness of the bit of wood has no relation to it being a technical hardwood or softwood but instead of saying evergreens ar softwoods (there are too many exceptions in my opinion) i would say that all softwoods are conifers, so, if it's got a cone it's a softwood.

 

Yup....Balsa is a Hardwood...

 

:-)

 

Bob

[se7enthdevil]

What about an Alder then:001_tongue:

 

they are not cones:001_tt2:

 

i was going to add that to the last post but thought i'd leave it as i knew someone would ask this very question.

 

you could go further and say that hall hardwoods are angiosperms and all softwoods fall into the gymnosperm group.