The names hardwood and softwood can be deceiving and they don t actually refer to the strength or consistency of the wood.
Is the elm tree considered a hardwood.
It dries well with minimum degrade and little movement in performance.
The texture and density of the wood a tree produces puts it in either the hardwood or softwood category.
It nails screws and glues well and can be sanded and stained to a good finish.
It is also very strong and takes a high polish which offers a wide range of uses notably shipbuilding furniture agricultural tools and musical instruments.
In the united states too many people planted just the american elm ulmus americana instead of planting a variety of elm species.
Dutch elm disease spread so much wood that people try to burn from standing dead trees dead trees don t insure to be dry inside.
These trees grow between an average height of 80 to 100 feet or about 24 to 30 meters.
Chinese elm tree softwood or hardwood.
Hybrid elm trees may have characteristics from either of the parent trees confounding identification.
Although the wood of most softwood trees is less dense than hardwoods and often contains more air pockets whether a tree is a.
The wood is the hardest and heaviest of all elms.
Elm trees are therefore classified as soft hardwoods.
Rock elm or cork elm is a deciduous tree native primarily to the midwestern united states and along the prairie and forest edge.
Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce.
Like the irish potato famine of the 19th century the lack of diversity proved fatal and many american elm trees have died.
Once it is cut and divided you need to spend plenty of time to dry.
The wood of red elm is fairly easy to work.
As a result disease resistant cultivars and hybrids have been sought out.
Other soft hardwoods.
Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple.
This fungal disease is spread by elm bark beetles and has been responsible for the demise of tens of millions of elm trees in north america and europe.