The actual hardness or density of the wood has little to do with the classification.
Cedar tree hardwood or soft.
That is not the case for cedar.
Other soft hardwoods.
Cedar is a gymnosperm tree meaning non flowering.
Simply put angiosperm means that the trees are producing seeds that are encased and that the trees are flowering.
This happens to be generally true but there are exceptions such as in the cases of wood from yew trees a softwood that is relatively hard and wood from balsa trees a.
Hardwood is wood from trees that are angiosperm.
But that doesn t mean all softwoods are.
It s a term to describe their biological characteristics not the actual hardness of the wood.
Cedar is not a hardwood it is a softwood.
It belongs to a group of plants known as gymnosperms which includes most conifers such as pine and fir trees.
So cedar is per definition a softwood.
Hardwood comes from angiosperm or flowering plants such as oak maple or walnut.
This iconic wood known throughout the world for its beauty versatility and spicy aroma is a softwood.
Hardwood comes from deciduous leaf bearing trees.
A cedar is a conifer therefore is classified as a softwood.
The common term for all gymnosperms is softwoods.