and other flowering trees) or softwood (found in conifers and pines). Wood is made of secondary cell walls, a thick layer located between the primary cell wall (which forms bark, leaves ...

Hardwood trees take a long time to grow in comparison to softwood trees so are more commonly planted in managed forests. Trees are good for the environment as they absorb carbon dioxide and ...

These trees are seasonal and lose their leaves during ... structure that is wider and less dense that hardwoods. This makes softwoods easy to work with but less durable. Softwoods tend to mainly ...