SPECIES 



Canadian pine 

 Eastern fir 

 Sugar pine 

 Ponderoso pine 

 Western white pine 

 Eastern white pine 

 Redwood 

 Eastern spruce 

 Eastern hemlock 

 Canadian spruce 

 Other western firs 

 Western spruce 

 Western hemlock 

 Douglas fir 



Percent of total yards 



FIGURE 14. PERCENT OF REGIONAL RETAILERS STOCKING VARIOUS SPECIES 



OF DIMENSION LUMBER. 



Length of Dimension Lumber 



The majority of softwood dimension lumber, bought from retail 

 yards is less than 16 feet in length (Figure 15 ) . This is true for all states, 

 although lumber of these lengths comprises a greater percentage of total 

 purchases from eastern and southern sources than from western or Cana- 

 dian, Longer lengths are generally from western and Canadian species. 



Less than 1 6 feet in length SOURCE 1 6 feet and greater in length 



100 80 60 40 20 20 40 60 80 100 



Percent of total yards 



FIGURE 15. LENGTH OF DIMENSION LUMBER PURCHASED BY SPECIES SOURCE. 



PRODUCT TRANSFORMATIONS 



Most retail yards in the northeastern region perform one or more 

 product transformations on a portion of the lumber handled by them. 

 These transformations entail storage, either under cover or in the open, 



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