I think generally as has been stated elseware on the list, yellow pine refers to the hard pines, in the US that being about anything other than the five needle pines. In lumber grading there is SYP (southern Yellow Pine) grademark including Lob, Slash, LL, and shortleaf. Generally the other sourthern species Sand, Spruce, Pond, Pitch, Virginia and Table Mountain will not grade out. There is also a corresponding WYP class I guess would include Ponderosa (Bull) pine. They both have similar structural charicteristics with many building codes calling for them for load bearing members where northern or canadian SPF won't do. Down here locally Slash Pine is called yellow pine and Loblolly is called black pine. LL is referred to as hill pine and Pond pine as rosemary.
On Sep 18, 6:15 pm, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > Dale, Down in the deep south the ole term Yellow Pine refered to > Pinus Palustris( Long Leaf) from the yellow coloring of the wood. > Mostly found in the old growth, ring counts are as many as 10-15 per > inch. The soft pines and the hard pines are quite different. LL is one > of the hardest Pines in the world. Often used in shipbuilding, > bridging, beams,etc., for its superior strenghts. As strong as some > hardwoods! Will Fell could tell you more about LL than I. Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
