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"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message
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Q: A wood with "cedar" in the name will be a softwood. Right?
A: False: "cedar" is a word that does not mean anything except that the
wood
has a certain type of fragrance (if that). In the US "cedar" will usually
be
Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata), sometimes Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus
virginiana) also marketed as Aromatic Cedar, but it could also be one of
several other woods (Calocedrus, Chamaecyparis, Juniperus, Thuja, etc). In
Central America "cedar" will usually be a Cedrela species. In SE Asia
"cedar" will usually be a Toona species. Etc, etc.

I disagree with you. At least to your American reference to Cedar.
All cedars are a Conifer/evergreens (so technically they all are softwoods)
the North American cedars are a type of Cypress. They all have rot
resistant properties. The Stuff marketed often as Aromatic (closet) Cedar
is more of a cousin in the Juniper group (which I think is a Cypress family
tree anyway). However smell has little to do with classification. Cedar is
used for decks, siding, soffits due to their decay/bug resistance. I used a
white cedar for a chest I did and lined it with Aromatic Cedar. The
properties are similar but they are definitely different woods and the
smells are entirely different.

For the most part it is all semantics I know. But Facts are facts.