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Norway Pine, Red Pine. Pinus resinosa Ait. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Norway Pine, Red Pine (local Hard Pine (Wis.). 



and common names). Canadian Red Pine '(Eng.). 



Locality. 



Southern Canada, northern United States from Maine to 

 Minnesota, Pennsylvania. 



Features of Tree. 



Sixty to ninety feet in height, one to three feet in diameter. 

 Reddish blossoms and bark on branchlets. Leaves in twos 

 from long sheaths. A tall, straight tree. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Thin heartwood light red, sapwood yellow to white. Numerous 

 pronounced medullary rays. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Light, hard, elastic, not durable, resinous. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Piles, telegraph poles, masts, flooring, and wainscoting. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



31 (U. S. Forestry Div.).* 



30. 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



1,620,000 (average of 100 tests by U. S. Forestry Division).* 



1,600,000. 



Modulus of Rupture. 



9, 100 (average of 95 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.).* 

 12,500. 



Remarks. 



Sometimes commercially handled with white pine. Unimpor- 

 tant as regards turpentine and resin, in spite of specific name, 

 which signifies resinous. Long sheaths enable children to 

 make chains of leaves. 



* See page 6. 



