COMMON NAMES:   Douglas fir, Oregon pine, British Columbian pine

SPECIFIC GRAVITY:   .45

DENSITY:  

TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT:   7.6%

RADIAL MOVEMENT:   4.8%

VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE:   12.4%

DURABILITY1:   Moderate

SOURCE:  Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states

DESCRIPTION:   Moderately strong, hard and heavy for a softwood, moderately coarse-textured but easily worked. Heartwood varies with conditions of growth from pinkish-yellow to reddish-brown; sapwood lighter.

1 Durability refers to a wood's resistance to rotting in wet environments.