Powderpost beetles feed on deciduous trees, including certain hardwoods or softwoods depending on the species. Softwoods are not necessarily softer than hardwoods. The state has natural resources such as mahogany, cedar and other tropical hardwoods. Each of these virgin forests produced of white pine and of hemlock and hardwoods. More expensive ukuleles are made of solid hardwoods such as mahogany. Conversely, some softwoods (e.g. yew) are harder than many hardwoods. It grows in dense clusters on stumps and logs of hardwoods and conifers. This is a primary fungus utilized in the spalting of sugar maple and other hardwoods. Some tropical hardwoods are harvested as well. These forests also go by the names&colon; hemlock-northern hardwoods, and mixed forests. From the tropical forests of the inland regions come dyewoods, hardwoods, and rubber. This name comes from the extensive stands of bamboo interspersed amongst the larger forest hardwoods. The former tends to be more prevalent in conifers and the latter in hardwoods. The dry summers limit the growth of deciduous trees, such as most hardwoods. They may leave less ash than hardwoods.