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Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests.[1] In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood (which comes from angiosperm trees) contrasts with softwood (which is from gymnosperm trees).
- ^ John N. Owens; H. Gyde Lund (2009). Forests And Forest Plants – Volume II. EOLSS Publications. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-905839-39-1. Extract of page 134