If it s a hardwood that means it came from a dicot tree typically a broad leafed variety of tree.
Is ash a hardwood tree.
It dries fairly easily with minimal degrade and there is little movement in performance.
Green ash and black ash trees are preferentially attacked by the insects followed by white ash and blue ash.
Ash machines well is good in nailing screwing and gluing and can be stained to a very good finish.
If it s a softwood it came from a gymnosperm tree typically a conifer.
Ash is a hardwood along with cherry oak walnut and maple.
White ash has excellent shock resistance and along with hickory carya spp it is one of the most commonly used hardwoods for tool handles in north america particularly in shovels and hammers where toughness and impact resistance.
Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple.
The texture and density of the wood a tree produces puts it in either the hardwood or softwood category.