138 THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF WOOD. 



Georgia Pine, Hard Pine, Yellow Pine, Longleaf Pine. 



Pinus palustris Mill. 

 Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Turpentine Pine. Florida Pine. 



Rosemary Pine. Florida Longleaved Pine. 



N. Carolina Pitch Pine. Southern Pitch Pine. 



Southern Pine. Southern Hard Pine. 



Longleaved Yellow Pine. Southern Heart Pine. 



Longleaved Pitch Pine. Southern Yellow Pine. 



Long Straw Pane. Georgia Pitch Pine. 



Pitch Pine. Georgia Longleaved Pine. 



Fat Pine. Georgia Heart Pine. 



Heart Pine. Georgia Yellow Pine. 



Brown Pine. Texas Yellow Pine. 



Florida Yellow Pine. Texas Longleaved Pine. 



Locality. 



South Atlantic and Gulf States, Virginia to Alabama, inter- 

 mittently. 

 Features of Tree. 



Fifty to ninety feet or more in height, one to three feet in 

 diameter. Tufts of three leaves, ten to fifteen inches long, in 

 long sheath. 

 Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood orange, sapwood lighter. Coarse-grained, compact 



structure, conspicuous medullary rays. 

 Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Hard, heavy, tough, strong, elastic, durable, resinous. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Heavy constructions, ship-building, cars, docks, beams, ties, 



flooring, house-trim, many uses. 

 Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



38 (U. S. Division of Forestry).* 



43- 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



2,070,000 (average of 1230 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.).* 



2, I IO,OOO. 



Modulus of Rupture. 



12,600 (average of 1160 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.).* 

 16,300. 

 Remarks. 



Finer and has less sapwood than Cuban pine. One of the best 

 woods for car-building. Principal lumber tree of the South- 

 east. 



* See page 6. 



"Southern Pine." U. S. Forestry Circular No. 12. (Dr. B. E. Fernow, Chief.) 

 "Timber Pines of Southern States." U. S. Forestry Bui. No. 13. (Dr. B. E. 

 Fernow, Chief.) 



