Pine Are Hardwood

Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple.

Pine are hardwood. Eastern white pine 380 western white pine 420 and sugar pine 380 rank at the bottom of pine species and near the bottom of the hardness scale in general. Pine trees are considered a softwood tree which means the wood is softer than hardwood varieties. Since pine is a plentiful wood and is easy to process pine pallets tend to be relatively cheap and easy to come by. Softwood grows much faster than hardwood so pallets made from softwood are arguably more sustainable.

Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce. The texture and density of the wood a tree produces puts it in either the hardwood or softwood category. Hardwood comes from angiosperm or flowering plants such as oak maple or walnut that are not monocots. Pine grows faster than hardwoods so pine forests are replenished faster budget friendly pine costs less than hardwood floors sometimes up to half the price of oak maple and mahogany yellow pine and western white pine rank 690 and 420 on the hardness scale while heart pine at 1 225 is stronger than walnut and cherry.

Softwood comes from gymnosperm trees usually evergreen conifers like pine or spruce. Most pine species have a janka rating between 300 and 1 000 pounds but two heart pine 1 255 and caribbean pine 1 240 score in a range that compares with some hardwood species.