COMMON NAMES: Sugar pine
SPECIFIC GRAVITY:
0.34
DENSITY:
TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT:
5.60%
RADIAL MOVEMENT:
2.90%
VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE:
7.90%
DURABILITY:
Poor
SOURCE:
California and Southern Oregon
DESCRIPTION:
Light, soft, easily worked, dimensional stability very good. Heartwood pale brown to pale pinkish brown in color with dark brown flecks caused by large resin canals; sapwood usually off-white. Very pleasant scent. One of the genuine white pines.