Soft tissue comprising non-wood fibers

The present invention provides soft， durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly hesperaloe fiber. The inventors have discovered that high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber， when incorporated in amounts of at least about 5 percent by weight of the tissue product， produces products having a GMT less than about 1000 g/3″ and a GM Slope less than about 7.0 kg. At the foregoing tensile strengths and modulus the tissue products of the present invention are also generally soft， such as having a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0， and more preferably less than about 9.0， such as from about 7.0 to about 9.0.