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Shortleaf pine is a source of wood pulp, plywood veneer, and lumber for a variety of uses. The shortleaf pine is one of the southern US "southern yellow pines"; it is also occasionally called southern yellow pine or the shortstraw pine. The wood from the shortleaf pine is used commercially for creating flooring and beams.
Jeffrey pine wood and ponderosa pine wood are sold together as yellow pine. [6] Both kinds of wood are hard (with a Janka hardness of 550 lbf (2,400 N)), but the western yellow pine wood is less dense than southern yellow pine wood (28 lb/cu ft (0.45 g/cm 3 ) versus 35 lb/cu ft (0.56 g/cm 3 ) for shortleaf pine).
Silvics of North America, an encyclopedia of characteristics for around 200 tree species native to the United States published by the United States Forest Service. Zeigerwerte der Pflanzen Mitteleuropas (German) Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus (/ ˈ p aɪ n ə s /) [2] of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.. World Flora Online accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as current, with additional synonyms, [3] and Plants of the World Online 126 species-rank taxa (113 species and 13 nothospecies), [4] making it ...
Historical vegetation was dominated by longleaf pine–bluestem woodlands, but a variety of forest types were present, including shortleaf pine–hardwood forests, mixed hardwood–loblolly pine forests, and hardwood-dominated forests along streams. On more mesic sites, some American beech or magnolia–beech–loblolly pine forests occurred. [34]
Pinus, the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus Pinus (hard pines), and subgenus Strobus (soft pines).
Chris Pine knows we've all been talking about his white short shorts — and he's not at all embarrassed about it. The “Star Trek” franchise star, 43, told "E!News" that a pair of thigh-baring ...
Pinus echinata (shortleaf pine) One of the most economically important softwood trees in the Southeast, providing mainly pulpwood and construction timber. Uses: timber; landscaping, posts, pulpwood, terpenes, veneers, winter holiday decorations [71] [72] OH IL, the Southeast and the Mid-Atlantic