As mentioned poplar is a hardwood even though it is not a particularly hard wood.
Is poplar considered a soft or hardwood.
The distinction between and softwood is related to how the species produces seeds.
A lower grade of maple will yield much better results for both durability and quality of finish.
Botanically speaking poplar is an angiosperm which is referred to as hardwood.
The hardness of poplar is about on par with that of pine or cedar but the cellular structure gives it a much finer grain and more pleasing appearance than the more coarsely grained softwoods.
The gymnosperms which include conifers such as pines and cedars are called softwoods.
I d only use it in low budget applications because it s so soft.
Other soft hardwoods.
In general hardwood trees grow slowly and as a result are more hard and dense but this isnt always the case.
That s because the terms hardwood and softwood are rather misleading.
Poplar is a hardwood but it isn t a hard wood.
Poplar is an example of a tree that is technically a hardwood but had density and hardness that is more typical of a softwood.