Softwood

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025963",
  "term": "Softwood",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Wood of a coniferous tree. Examples of softwoods include, but are not limited to, Southern yellow pine, Douglas fir, and White spruce.\n\n2. Generally, one of the botanical groups of trees that in most cases have needle-like or scale-like leaves; the conifers; also the wood produced by such trees. The term has no reference to the actual hardness of the wood. The botanical name for softwoods is gymnosperms.\n\n3. Wood produced by one of the botanical groups of trees that, in most species, have needle or scalelike leaves.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.2292 (CFR 2013)",
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Bioenergy Glossary",
    "USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory Madison, Wisconsin Agriculture Handbook No. 188 Dry Kiln Operator's Manual at https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/usda/ah188/intro_gloss_index.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/softwood/"
}