What is "softwoods"

Usage examples of "softwoods".

Robinton shuddered to think of Thread burrowing in the great stands of softwoods to the south.

The Threads' advance edge had just missed the verdant softwoods that surrounded the northern shores.

But they did decide where to start in Lemos Hold: among the precious softwoods so in demand for furniture, so vulnerable to Thread incursion.

The dominant plants were softwoods and fast-growing trees, bamboo and thorny tearing vines, which formed a dense and impenetrable barrier.

And it could be graded by age: unlike the hardwood trees of primary jungle, which lived hundreds of years, the softwoods of secondary jungle lived only twenty years or so.