What type of woods are coffins made of in softwood?

Mainly lower priced coffins, especially cloth covered wooden caskets, are made of softwood. The term does not necessarily mean that the wood is soft - some softwoods are relatively hard - but that it its wood from conifers (needle or cone bearing trees). The softwoods most often used in coffins are Pine, Poplar, Spruce, Red Cypress, Cedar and Redwood).

Usually higher priced caskets are made of hardwood (wood from broad leaved trees) like ash, birch, cherry, maple, oak, walnut and mahogany.