Southern Yellow Pine

CLEAR GRADE SOFTWOOD

Uses: Heavy structural use, Exterior joinery, Interior joinery.

General Description: The sapwood is narrow in the better grades, sometimes up to 50mm wide, lighter in colour than the heartwood which is yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. Both species are typical of the hard-pine class, being resinous, with the growth-rings usually well-marked by the contrast between the light-coloured early-wood, and the dense, darker-coloured late-wood, which produces a rather coarse texture in the wood, especially in fairly rapidly grown material with its wide growth-rings. The timbers weigh about 670 kg/m³ on average when dried. The lower density material of P. palustris and P. elliottii together with other species termed southern yellow pine, is lighter in weight, coarser in texture, inferior in strength, and usually has a wider sapwood, sometimes as wide as 150mm.

Further product details

Mechanical Properties

The sapwood is narrow in the better grades, sometimes up to 50mm wide, lighter in colour than the heartwood which is yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. Both species are typical of the hard-pine class, being resinous, with the growth-rings usually well-marked by the contrast between the light-coloured early-wood, and the dense, darker-coloured late-wood, which produces a rather coarse texture in the wood, especially in fairly rapidly grown material with its wide growth-rings. The timbers weigh about 670 kg/m³ on average when dried. The lower density material of P. palustris and P. elliottii together with other species termed southern yellow pine, is lighter in weight, coarser in texture, inferior in strength, and usually has a wider sapwood, sometimes as wide as 1 50mm.

Seasoning

All these species dry well with little degrade.

Durability

The general strength properties of P. palustris and P. elliottii compare closely with those of 'Douglas fir".

Other Information

Family Name: Pinaceae

Latin Name: Pinus elliottii

Distribution: P. elliottii occurs in the same area but is more restricted, ranging from South Carolina to Florida and along the Gulf to eastern Louisiana.

Also known as: American pitch pine, Gulf Coast pitch pine, long leaf pitch pine (UK, USA), southern pine (USA), long leaf pine, short leaf pine, loblolly pine.

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