hard or softwood

[woody paul]

Cedar dose it come up hardwood or softwood when selling as firewood. Got quite a bit do not what to put people off by putting it in hard load.

[LeeWill]

Ceder is a soft wood mate. Lovely smell to it. Love cutting it, love making stuff from it too

[se7enthdevil]

technicaly a softwood is anything that produces a cone i.e. the conifers.

 

softwoods are gymnosperms where as all hardwoods are angiosperms. not all hardwoos are deciduous and not all softwoods are evergreen.

 

also some softwoods can be very hard and hardwoods can be very soft.

 

in answer to the question cedar is a softwood.

 

 

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[Daniël Bos]

technicaly a softwood is anything that produces a cone i.e. the conifers.

 

 

 

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Yew.?

[woodyguy]

Cone with fleshy cover

[nepia]

Cedar dose it come up hardwood or softwood when selling as firewood. Got quite a bit do not what to put people off by putting it in hard load.

 

 

 

Softwood but I'd never supply a softwood load of 100% cedar - it's too good for that!

 

Yew goes in hardwood log supplies though.

[se7enthdevil]

Yew.?

 

the cone on a yew is almost microscopic. basicly it's inside the red berry. never looked at one my self, i must do that once the yews start fruiting

[morten]

technicaly a softwood is anything that produces a cone i.e. the conifers.

 

Where does that definition leave Alder, that also have small cones that release seeds?

 

Ref Alder | Natural History Museum

Fruit is a small, woody cone.

 

Edited September 24, 2013 by morten
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[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but its not a cone!

Botanically speaking the fruit of alder comprises a small nutlet borne in a persistent semi-woody ament.

Hope this helps.

[Serendipity]

Is cedar actually a good firewood? I have cut and split a 50ft Lebanese Cedar and will be disappointed if it's not good as a firewood.