As a general rule conifers are softwood and deciduas trees are hardwood.
Pine hardwood or soft wood.
Popular softwoods include spruce douglas fir red pine cedar cypress and larch.
The wood from conifers is classified as softwood because with a few exceptions it s softer than the wood from deciduous trees which is classified as hardwood.
Softwoods grow much quicker than hardwoods and are less dense.
From angiosperm or flowering plants such as oak maple or walnut that are not monocots the hardwood is formed by these while from gymnosperm trees usually evergreen conifers like pine or spruce the softwood is formed.
Evergreens and conifers are softwoods and are easily identified by their distinctive needles and that good old pine aroma.
Generally speaking softwoods pine fir etc grow much faster than hardwood species and typically this results in a relatively softer wood.
Pine is not a hardwood.
It comes from a coniferous tree which is one that has needles instead of leaves and is green all year round in other words an evergreen.
Hardwood comes from angiosperm or flowering plants such as oak maple or walnut that are not monocots.
Pine is considered a softwood.