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APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Heart-wood, spring wood light yellow, summer wood, red brown; sap wood, lighter; non-porous; rings, very plain and strongly marked; grain, straight; rays, numerous, conspicuous; very resinous, but resin ducts few and not large.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Heavy (18th in this list); 38 lbs. per cu. ft.; sp. gr. 0.6999; very strong (7th in this list); very elastic (4th in this list); hardness, medium (33d in this list); shrinkage, 4 per cent.; warps very little; quite durable; works hard, tough; splits badly in nailing.
COMMON USES: Joists, beams, bridge and building trusses, interior finish, s.h.i.+p building, and general construction work.
REMARKS: Almost exclusively the source of turpentine, tar, pitch and resin in the United States. Known in the English market as pitch pine.
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SHORT-LEAF PINE. YELLOW PINE.
_Pinus echinata_ Miller.
_Pinus_, the cla.s.sical Latin name; _echinata_ refers to spiny cones.
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HABITAT: (See map); best in lower Mississippi basin.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Straight, tall trunk, sometimes 100'
high; branches high; diameter 2'-4'; bark, pale grayish red-brown, fissures, running helter-skelter, making large irregular plates, covered with small scales; leaves in twos, 3" long; cones small.
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, heartwood, summer wood, red, spring-wood, yellow; sap-wood, lighter; non-porous; annual rings very plain, sharp contrast between spring and summer wood; grain, straight, coa.r.s.e; rays, numerous, conspicuous; very resinous, ducts large and many.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Weight, medium (32nd in this list); 32 lbs.
per cu. ft.; sp. gr., 0.6104; very strong (18th in this list); very elastic (8th in this list); soft (38th in this list); shrinkage, 4 per cent.; warps little; durable; troublesome to work; likely to split along annual rings in nailing.
COMMON USES: Heavy construction, railroad ties, house trim, s.h.i.+p building, cars, docks, bridges.
REMARKS: Wood hardly distinguishable from long-leaf pine. Often forms pure forests. The most desirable yellow pine, much less resinous and more easily worked than others.
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LOBLOLLY PINE. OLD FIELD PINE.
_Loblolly_ may refer to the inferiority of the wood; old field refers to habit of spontaneous growth on old fields.
_Pinus taeda_ Linnaeus.
_Pinus_, the cla.s.sical Latin name; _taeda_, the cla.s.sical Latin name for pitch-pine, which was used for torches.
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HABITAT: (See map); grows best in eastern Virginia, and eastern North Carolina.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 100'-150'; diameter, often 4'-5'; branches high; bark, purplish brown, shallow, meandering fissures, broad, flat, scaly ridges; leaves, 3 in sheath, 4"-7" long; cones 3"-5" long.
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, heart-wood orange, sap-wood lighter; non-porous; rings very plain, sharp contrast between spring wood and summer wood; grain, straight, coa.r.s.e; rays conspicuous; very resinous, but ducts few and small.
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Weight, medium (39th in this list); 33 lbs. per cu. ft.; sp. gr. 0.5441; strong (26th in this list); elastic (17th in this list); medium hard (43d in this list); shrinkage, 4 per cent.; warps little; not durable; difficult to work, brittle; splits along rings in nailing.
COMMON USES: Heavy construction, beams, s.h.i.+p building, docks, bridges, flooring, house trim.
REMARKS: Resembles Long-leaf Pine, and often sold as such. Rarely makes pure forests.
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SLASH PINE. CUBAN PINE.
_Pinus caribaea_ Morelet. _Pinus heterophylla_ (Ell.) Sudworth.
_Pinus_, the cla.s.sical Latin name; _caribaea_ refers to the Caribbean Islands; _heterophylla_ refers to two kinds of leaves.
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HABITAT: (See map); grows best in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, sometimes 110', straight, tall, branching high; diameter 1'-3'; bark, dark red and brown, shallow irregular fissures; leaves, 2 or 3 in a sheath, 8"-12" long; cones, 4"-5" long.
APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, dark orange, sapwood lighter; non-porous; annual rings, plain, sharp contrast between spring wood and summer wood; grain, straight; rays numerous, rather prominent; very resinous, but ducts few.
