Heart pine
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Description
A strong, straight-grain heartwood from the Southern Pine family of trees, primarily pine longleaf, pine shortleaf and pine loblolly. The dense heart pine wood is decay resistant because of its high resin content. Because of its abundance and strength, heart pine was a commonly used for construction and flooing in 18th c. America.
Synonyms and Related Terms
heartpine
Other Properties
Color=amber to reddish brown
Authority
- External source or communication, External source or communication Comment: Submitted information: Fred Gamble, October 2007
- Website address 1, Website address 1 Comment: Curtis Heart Pine at http://www.curtisheartpine.com/heartpine.htm (accessed Oct. 5, 2007)
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996