Southern pine

Description

An unstandardized name that is used for several pine trees grown in the southern parts of the U.S. The group includes Loblolly pine, Longleaf pine, Shortleaf pine, Slash pine, and Southern yellow pine.

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 612

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996