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.
Pine hardwood or soft wood.
With few exceptions you can generally assume that woods from a softwood tree will be less dense than woods from a hardwood tree.
Hardwood comes from angiosperm or flowering plants such as oak maple or walnut that are not monocots.
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.
Softwoods grow much quicker than hardwoods and are less dense.
This is not always the case but there are not many exceptions.
Pine is considered a softwood.
Pine is not a hardwood.
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.
Generally speaking softwoods pine fir etc grow much faster than hardwood species and typically this results in a relatively softer wood.
Popular softwoods include spruce douglas fir red pine cedar cypress and larch.