Cedar and pine are two common options used for many building projects, both of which have a variety of subspecies scattered around the world. The underwater caissons for building the foundations of the brooklyn bridge were built of longleaf pine. From framing a house to building a deck, southern pine is a dependable product for any project. Southern yellow pine american international forest products. Grown mostly in southern states, feel good knowing youre supporting their local economy and americanmade products. Theres quite a range in density and strength when it comes to the pinus genus.
Softwoods have been exported from the united states for over 400 years. Southern yellow pinea manual of standard wood construction. Southern yellow pines typically have very wide growth rings and thick dense. Welcome to the premier industrial source for southern yellow pine lumber in georgia. The yellow, resinous wood is used for lumber and pulp. In ecology and forestry, yellow pine refers to a number of conifer species which tend to grow in similar plant communities and yield similar strong wood. Technically, according to spib, the wood stamped syp could be any one of four species. Southern yellow pine logs gill timbers international. Loblolly pine the wood database lumber identification. In the cartoons theme song, paul is described as being 63 ax handles high. Properties of southern pine in relation to strength. Southern yellow pine a manual of standard wood construction. It combines looks, strength, and extreme ease of treatment with the highest nailholding ability. Southern yellow pine isnt just one species of wood.
White pine, with a density rating of only 380, is one of the lowestrated woods on the scale. Here are answers to some of the more frequently asked questions about southern pine. Aug 14, 2011 longleaf pines are usually 100 to 120 ft tall with diameters of 2 to 212 ft. Today, america is recognized worldwide as a sustainable source of top quality products. I hope to have freshly printed books back in stock in early june. As the average ax handle is about eighteen inches long 45. Southern yellow pines typically have very wide growth rings and thick dense latewood compared to western yellow pines and red pine. Southern yellow pine is a clear yellow pine sourced from the mississippi area of america. Longleaf pine the wood database lumber identification. It has been used for keels of ships destined for tropical waters, where it was judged superior to white oak in resistance to marine borers. Lumber grading rules spib southern pine inspection bureau. The varieties include loblolly, longleaf, shortleaf, and slash pines.
Member exporters supply a full range of southern yellow pine products to customers worldwide. Ponderosa pine trees typically have larger trunk diameters than lodgepole pine. Gluing the wood has a distinctive colour and grain, its sapwood ranging from white to yellowish and heartwood from yellow to reddishbrown. In the past, before extensive logging, they reportedly grew to 47 m 154 ft with a diameter of 1. Also, be sure to share your creations with our community. If you dont find an answer to your question on our site or in these faqs, refer to these helpful links.
Although ponderosa pine is technically classified as a yellow hard pine, it shares many characteristics with white soft pines, having a considerably. The simple cell structure of softwoods long, uniformly packed fibers gives them a high strengthtoweight ratio, making them flexible and capable of bearing heavy loads. While much of the process used to pressure treat southern yellow pine is a trade secret, it has been thoroughly tested by the scientific certification systems lab or scs, a leader in environmentallyfriendly building product certification. Planed all round southern yellow pine timber cut to size. Most of your southern yellow pine lumber is loblolly, especially if chemically treated. Pressure treated lumber trusted for 50 years yellawood. Southern pine shear strength free of splits is equivalent to that for southern pine gluedlaminated timber. Our buyers operate primarily in the eastern united states, although we do explore. Southern yellow pine is one of the strongest resinous trees used in the construction field.
Southern yellow pines identification of common north. We thus, take pride in acknowledging ourselves as a leading, supplier and exporter of. Although southern yellow pine is a relatively soft, lowstrength timber, its real attributes lie in its visual appeal. Southern yellow pine often abbreviated syp doesnt refer to any one species of tree, but rather a group of species which are classified as yellow pine as opposed to white pine, and are native to the southern united states.
Choosing the right type of wood for your project requires a little background knowledge of the traits of different woods. Given its attractive look, it is both an aesthetic and practical choice. According to the handbook utilization of the southern pines, published by the usda forest service, southern pine is defined as those species whose major range is in the united states south of the masondixon line and east of the great plains. Pitch pine the wood database lumber identification softwood. Differences between white and yellow pine wood hunker. Pinus strobus, commonly denominated the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, weymouth pine british, and soft pine is a large pine native to eastern north america.
Southern yellow pine is used for heavy construction, such as. Companies listed here include lumber manufacturers, treaters, laminators and sales agentsdistributors. For your next round of pub trivia, you may be interested to know that the four tree types are loblolly pine, longleaf pine, shortleaf pine. Southern yellow pine is a great solution to most construction or homeremodeling projects, due to its loadbearing and longlasting qualities. American international forest products southern yellow pine.
It is 98% free of knots, available in long lengths up to 4. Its wood contains scented oil which is the repellent to insects. Longleaf pines are usually 100 to 120 ft tall with diameters of 2 to 212 ft. However, the wood is so similar that people have difficulties telling the species apart with a microscope. Southern yellow pine wood and wood products safety data sheet according to federal register vol. Boards cut years ago from virgin timber were very wide, up to 1 m 3. Have you seen flooring, paneling or even a ceiling made from southern pine. Southern pine lumber is composed of either sapwood or heartwood, or a combination of the two. You may already know you can buy lumber at the big box stores, but you can also find it at local lumberyards throughout the u. Most is used structurally, for floor and roof trusses, joists, rafters and carcassing. Yellow southern pine is grown across the southern united states.
Southern yellow pine pinus palustris, pinus elliottii, pinus echinata and pinus taeda. Only a handful of domestic pines commonly are used and may be separated into hard and soft or yellow and white. Southern yellow pine syp publishing is an independent publisher that publishes and sells, books and e books on a wide range of. Shear strength of wood beams forest products laboratory. Southern pine lumber remains the preferred choice for todays designbuild professionals.
These companies offer a comprehensive range of southern yellow pine lumber, as well as a variety of related products and services. Domestically, both pine and cedar are harvested mainly in the northwest. The southern appalachian mountains have the most locations and the tallest trees in the present range of pinus strobus. Loblolly pine is considered to be in the group of southern yellow pines, and shares many characteristics with other species of this group longleaf, shortleaf, and slash pine such as being. Southern yellow pine syp a disney cartoon was created based on the mythical lumberjack, paul bunyan. Longleaf pine is superior to the other southern yellow pines in strength, hardness and rot resistance.
Start off every outdoor project with the strength, highquality and proven protection of the yellawood brand dimensional lumber. The yellawood brand has stood for quality pressure treated pine for over 40 years. Both kinds of wood are hard with a janka hardness of 550 pounds, but the western yellow pine wood is less dense than southern yellow pine wood 28 pounds cubic foot versus 35 pounds cubic foot for shortleaf pine. Teak is particularly valued for its durability and water resistance, and is used for boat building, exterior construction, veneer, furniture, carving, turnings, and other small wood projects. The wood itself consists of a medium to coarse texture and a beautiful straight grain that makes it suitable for a wide range of gorgeous furniture, flooring and joinery projects. Shortleaf pine pinus echinata, slash pine pinus ellioti, longleaf pine pinus palustris, and loblolly pine pinus taeda. Yellow pine, consisting of shortleaf, longleaf, slash and loblolly, is classified as hard. Southern yellow pine syp publishing, tallahassee, fl. Southern yellow pine, a manual of standard wood construction. Ponderosa pine the wood database lumber identification.
Representative samples of fullsized, kilndried lumber were obtained in statistically significant quantities from 10 states and tested as follows. Its also used for making plywood, wood pulp, and veneers. This grouping can be thought of as an intermediate position between the soft pines and the hard pines. There are 10 species, all hard pines diploxylon hard needled members of the genus pinus see.
Finally, one additional species is commonly grown on plantations and is nearly identical to the four principal species of southern yellow pine listed above. Thank you for visiting, southern yellow pines publishing. Southern yellow pine thrives in the red clay soil of the south. With more than 100 types growing worldwide, almost everyone gets pine confused.
It reaches a height of 3035 m 98115 ft and a diameter of 0. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The grain is straight, and the texture is fine and even, planed surfaces have a satinlike appearance. Mar 05, 2018 choosing the right type of wood for your project requires a little background knowledge of the traits of different woods.
We are particularly interested in larger lots of material with a unique and rich historical background. A wide variety of southern yellow pine lumber options are available to you, there are 125 suppliers who sells southern yellow pine lumber on, mainly located in asia. Other members of the southern yellow pine family often appear in the same product lines or on the same shelves as heart pine. The wood from the southern yellow pines typically has a density value between 5055 lbscubic foot when pressure treated. Because its grown in the us you can feel good about supporting a product thats more environmentally friendly and better for local economies. They grow very well in the acidic red clay soil found in most of the region. The top countries of suppliers are austria, china, and india, from which the percentage of southern yellow pine lumber supply is 1%, 19%, and 11% respectively.
Treated southern pine is perfect for everything from decks to raised floor foundations, waterfront piers, docks and. Longleaf pine is considered to be in the group of southern yellow pines, and shares many characteristics with other species of this group slash. Boards for appearancedriven applications that dont carry a heavy load. A course in modern timber engineering, new orleans, southern pine association, 1942, also by howard james hansen. We thus, take pride in acknowledging ourselves as a leading, supplier and exporter of southern yellow pine syp. Southern yellow pine often referred to as syp is a designated group of four species growing in.
The longleaf pine pinus palustris is a pine native to the southeastern united states, found along the coastal plain from east texas to southern maryland, extending into northern and central florida. Ask a salesperson to make sure youre not buying the fastgrowing and softer loblolly or slash pine when you think youre buying heart pine. Ask a salesperson to make sure youre not buying the fastgrowing and softer loblolly or. Leroy neubrech page images at hathitrust southern pine association. Southern softwood species of pine are loblolly, slash, longleaf, and short leaf southern yellow pine. Yellow pine tends to have a bolder, more pronounced grain pattern than white. Loblolly pine the wood database lumber identification softwood. There are plenty of places to buy southern yellow pine. Arkansas soft pine was a trade name adopted by that states lumber manufacturers in 1916 to promote shortleaf pine pinus echinata of uniquely. Austrian pine pinus nigra caribbean pine pinus caribaea. The wood has a distinctive colour and grain, its sapwood ranging from white to yellowish and heartwood from yellow to reddishbrown. Average weight for the southern yellow pine is 41 to 43 lbs per cubic ft with a specific gravity of 0.
According to the reference book terms of the trade published by random. Yellow pine grows across the south and midatlantic regions, from texas to new jersey dimensional lumber and plywood products manufactured from southern yellow pine are. Yellow pine has a density rating of about 870 on the janka scale, which ranks it up there with cedar at 900. Loblolly pine is considered to be in the group of southern yellow pines, and shares many characteristics with other species of this group longleaf. The tools and information you need for designing and building with southern pine. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Longleaf pine the wood database lumber identification softwood.
It occurs from newfoundland, canada west through the great lakes region to southeastern manitoba and minnesota, united states, and south along the appalachian mountains and upper piedmont to northernmost georgia and. In the south, yellow pines grow very well in the acidic red clay soil found in most of the region. Southern pine provides great value in a wide variety of applications. Builders use both varieties for trim, furniture and. Jeffrey pine wood and ponderosa pine wood are sold together as yellow pine. The wood is not particularly resinous, but resin ducts produce short, browncoloured, thin lines on longitudinal surfaces. Pond pine the wood database lumber identification softwood. Take one of the species of southern yellow pine, shortleaf pine, for instance. Southern yellow pine often referred to as syp is a designated group of four species growing in the southern united states. Pond pine is technically considered to be in the group of southern yellow pines, though it is a very minor species.
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