The term hardwood's used to describe wood from non-monocot angiosperm trees and for those trees themselves. These are usually broad-leaved; in temperate and boreal latitudes they're mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Properties Hardwood contrasts with softwood, which comes from conifer trees. On average, hardwood's of higher density and hardness than softwood, although there's an enormous variation in actual wood hardness in both groups, with the range in density… (More on Hardwood)