Other than hardness or softness, is there a difference between Hard Maple and Soft Maple?

  • Are the trees the exact same species or close relatives?
  • Is it just some is hard and some is soft?
  • Can one get hard and soft from the same tree?
  • Is it where (or how) they grow? Age?
  • Is figure (curly, flame, birdseye) more likely in one than the other?


Inquiring minds want to know......

Thanks, Tony