Specs
- Common Names
- Longleaf Pine
- Scientific Name
- Pinus palustris
- Origin
- Southeastern United States, though also widely grown on plantations
- Appearance
- Heartwood is reddish brown, sapwood is yellowish white. Straight grained with a fine to medium texture. Endgrain: Large resin canals, numerous and evenly distributed, mostly solitary ; earlywood to latewood transition abrupt, color contrast high; tracheid diameter medium-large.
- Avg. Dried Weight
- 41 lbs/ft3 (650 kg/m3)
- Janka Hardness
- 870 lbf
- Modulus of Rupture
- 14,500 lbf/in2 (100.0 MPa)
- Elastic Modulus
- 1,980,000 lbf/in2 (13.70 GPa)
- Crushing Strength
- 8,470 lbf/in2 (58.4 MPa)
- Shrinkage
- Radial: 5.1%, Tangential: 7.5%, Volumetric: 12.2%, T/R Ratio: 1.5
- Durability
- The heartwood is rated as moderately resistant to decay.
- Workability
- Overall, Longleaf Pine works fairly well with most tools, though the resin can gum up tools and clog sandpaper. Longleaf Pine glues and finishes well.
