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APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, pinkish brown, sap-wood, cream white; non-porous; rings, distinct; grain, straight; rays, numerous, obscure; resin ducts, numerous, large and conspicuous.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Weight, very light (61st in this list); 22 lbs.
per cu. ft.; sp. gr. 0.3684; strength, weak (59th in this list); elasticity, medium (56th in this list); soft (53d in this list); shrinkage, 3 per cent.; warps little; durable; easily worked; splits little, nails well.
COMMON USES: Carpentry, interior finish, doors, blinds, s.h.i.+ngles, barrels, etc.
REMARKS: Exudes a sweet substance from heart-wood. A magnificent and important lumber tree on Pacific coast.
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NORWAY PINE. RED PINE.
Red refers to color of bark.
_Pinus resinosa_ Solander.
_Pinus_, the cla.s.sical Latin name; _resinosa_ refers to very resinous wood.
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HABITAT: (See map); grows best in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 70'-90'; diameter, 2'-3'; tall, straight; branches in whorls, low; bark, thin, scaly, purplish and reddish-brown; longitudinal furrows, broad flat ridges; leaves, in twos in long sheaths; cones, 2".
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color of wood, pale red, sap-wood, wide, whitish; non-porous; rings summer wood broad, dark; grain, straight; rays, numerous, p.r.o.nounced, thin; very resinous, but ducts small and few.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Weight, light, (43d in this list); 31 lbs. per cu.
ft.; sp. gr. 0.4854; strong (39th in this list); elastic (16th in this list); soft (48th in this list); shrinkage, 3 per cent.; warps moderately; not durable; easy to work; splits readily, nails well.
COMMON USES: Piles, electric wire poles, masts, flooring.
REMARKS: Often sold with and as white pine. Resembles Scotch pine (_Pinus sylvestris_). Bark used to some extent for tanning. Grows in open groves.
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WESTERN YELLOW PINE. BULL PINE.
Bull refers to great size of trunk.
_Pinus ponderosa_ Lawson.
_Pinus_, the cla.s.sical Latin name; _ponderosa_ refers to great size of trunk.
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HABITAT: (See map); best in Rocky Mountains.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 100' to 300'; diameter, 6' to even 12'; branches, low, short trunk; bark, thick, dark brown, deep, meandering furrows, large, irregular plates, scaly; leaves, in twos or threes, 5" to 11" long; cones 3" to 6" long.
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, light red, sap-wood, thick, nearly white, and very distinct; non-porous; rings, conspicuous; grain, straight; rays, numerous, obscure; very resinous but ducts small.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Weight, light (44th in this list); 25-30 lbs.
per cu. ft.; sp. gr. 0.4715; strength, medium (45th in this list); elasticity, medium (41st in this list); hardness, medium (42nd in this list); shrinkage, 4 per cent.; warps ...........; not durable; hard to work, brittle; splits easily in nailing.
COMMON USES: Lumber, railway ties, mine timbers.
REMARKS: Forms extensive open forests.
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LONG-LEAF PINE. GEORGIA PINE.
_Pinus pal.u.s.tris_ Miller.
_Pinus_, the cla.s.sical Latin name; _pal.u.s.tris_ means swampy, inappropriate here.
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HABITAT: (See map); best in Louisiana and East Texas.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 80'-100'; diameter, 2'-3'; trunk, straight, clean, branches high; bark, light brown, large, thin, irregular papery scales; leaves 8"-12" long, 3 in a sheath; cones 6"-10" long.
