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List of hardwood trees with pictures.
Hardwood trees usually have broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous needled or scaled tree foliage another name for a hardwood tree is appropriately broadleaf.
White ash though similar in appearance to the green ash this tree s leaves are noticeably lighter on the underside.
A cord of wood from a hardwood shade tree will contain more woody fibers than a cord of wood from a softwood conifer.
In the autumn they usually change color and drop.
More woody fibers means the cord.
It is a soft hardwood tree meaning its wood is less dense than others on this list and is often used in construction frames.
Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
With white dense wood the white ash is the most common daily wood of the hardwood trees.
Because these hardwoods have dense trunks they make better fireplace wood than softwoods.
The wood from hardwood trees tends to be harder because the trees grow at a slower rate giving the wood its greater density.
Hardwoods that grow mainly in the tropics include lauan ebony teak and mahogany.
Hardwood trees are found in many locations around the world.
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The leaves on these hardwood trees tend to be broad.