differences between hardwoods and softwoods is that the softwoods completely lack vessels (pores). The main softwood species (pines, spruces, larches,...

The Canada–U.S. softwood lumber dispute is one of the largest and most enduring trade disputes between both nations. This conflict arose in 1982 and its...

evergreen. Hardwood (which comes from angiosperm trees) contrasts with softwood (which is from gymnosperm trees). Hardwoods are produced by angiosperm...

printing paper. Softwoods are the preferred raw material for strong papers, due to the length and slimness of the fibres. Low-density softwoods, such as firs...

and shaping. It is available in many species, including hardwoods and softwoods, such as white pine and red pine, because of their low cost. Finished...

and softwoods are not necessarily soft. The well-known balsa (a hardwood) is actually softer than any commercial softwood. Conversely, some softwoods (e...

types: hardwoods typified by tight grain and derived from broadleaf trees, softwoods from coniferous trees, and man-made materials such as plywood and MDF...

plants are treated differently, depending on the maturity of the wood: Softwood cuttings come from stems that are rapidly expanding, with young leaves...

Southern bleached softwood kraft (SBSK) is a wood pulp mainly produced in the southern USA. The main raw materials are slash pine, longleaf pine, shortleaf...

Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) is the paper industry's benchmark grade of pulp. Market NBSK is produced mainly in Canada and the Nordic countries...

leading integrated forest products company and Canada's largest producer of softwood lumber. With 8,100 workers and annual revenues of $3.2 billion servicing...

coccineus secreted enzymes for softwood degradation. P. coccineus is a promising model to better understand the challenges of softwood biomass deconstruction...

(1930-2021) was the Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors. Canfor produces softwood lumber, specialty wood products, and engineered wood products. Canfor also...

460–520 kg/m3). Different varieties of plywood exist for different applications: Softwood plywood is usually made either of cedar, Douglas fir or spruce, pine, and...

Softwood Music Under Slow Pillars (or simply Softwood Music) is the seventh album of Sielun Veljet, released in 1989. It is the band's only English language...

Australian standard pallets are square softwood or hardwood pallets that are standard in Australia and non-standard anywhere else in the world. They are...

good to be aware of the difference between hardwood and softwood. Both hardwood and softwood have similar energy contents by mass, but not by volume....

(MDF) is an engineered wood product made by breaking down hardwood or softwood residuals into wood fibre, often in a defibrator, combining it with wax...

largest terrestrial carbon sink. Conifers are of great economic value for softwood lumber and paper production. Conifer is a Latin word, a compound of conus...

properties. Although its fibres are not as long and strong as those in softwood, they make for a stiffer product defined by some stiffness tests. Hardwood...

the paper industry as a less-expensive alternative for Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK). BCTMP was first produced by Millar Western in 1988 in its...

The major tree genera are listed below by taxonomic family. For classification of flowering plants, see APG II system. About 210 eudicot families include...

6 25 Free-standing towers (FST) 3 26 Free-standing light poles, luminary poles, flag poles (FSP) 3 27 Trees: hardwood (TH) 5 28 Trees: softwood (TS) 5...

softwoods offered the chance to replace expensive imports of Baltic Pine, Oregon, and other timbers, with domestic supplies. Several exotic softwood species...

adjustments) or planed/surfaced lumber. An example of planed lumber is softwood "two by four" lumber sold by large lumber retailers, nominally 2 by 4 inches...

species are angiosperms or hardwoods; of the rest, many are gymnosperms or softwoods. Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old...

Approximately 225,000 hectares (560,000 acres) of NSW State Forests are softwood timber plantations, and just under 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres) are hardwood...

characteristics. Hardness: All woods can be classified into hard or soft. Usually softwoods are from coniferous (needle-leaved) trees. Hardwoods are from broad-leaved...

Australia's trees are hardwoods, typically eucalypts, rather than softwoods like pine. While softwoods dominate some native forests, their total area is judged...

"cubes and coroplast." Red cedar (Eastern or Western) and pine, both softwoods, were commonly used as bedding. Still, these materials are believed to...