It tends to be a short lived tree that s considered an invasive species in some areas.
Is mimosa a hardwood or softwood.
Mimosa albizia julibrissin trees thrive in u s.
While scientists classify mimosa as a hardwood it is a deciduous tree that loses its leaves each fall it resembles pine in density and hardness.
Mimosa can however be easier to work with because it doesn t have pine s pitch and sap issues.
Mimosa a deciduous tree with fern like leaves is also called the silk tree because it produces soft pink flowers that resemble strands of fine silk.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9.
Vasicentric lozenge confluent and banded marginal rays.
While mimosa and pine are similar in hardness mimosa cuts better because it lacks the troublesome sap and pitch of pine.
The contrasting colors of grain make mimosa suitable for fretwork and intarsia.
Large to very large very few.
It s a stunning landscape tree that houses wildlife and provides shade to humans.
Mimosa has been planted as an ornamental tree in many locales.
Magnolias are classified as a hardwood tree although they are evergreen and do not lose their leaves during the fall and winter months.
It s also called silktree so named for its unique fibrous flowers resembling silk threads.
Classifying wood as either a hardwood or softwood comes down to its physical structure and makeup and so it is overly simple to think of hardwoods as being hard and durable compared to soft and workable softwoods.
Although classified as a hardwood the wood from the mimosa tree is about the same density and hardness as pine.
Appearance is similar to afzelia another tropical hardwood with similar distribution.
The wood of this tree is creamy in color and often used for.