Pine, Pitch (Pinus rigid)

Pine, Pitch is a domestic softwood

Location

Pitch pine (Pinus rigida) grows from Maine along the mountains to eastern Tennessee and northern Georgia.

Characteristics

The heartwood is brownish red and resinous; the sapwood is wide and light yellow. The wood of pitch pine is moderately heavy to heavy, moderately strong, stiff, and hard, and moderately high in shock resistance. Shrinkage ranges from moderately low to moderately high.

Primary Uses

Pitch pine is used for lumber, fuel, and pulpwood. The lumber is classified as a minor species in grading rules for the Southern Pine species group.

*Much of the base wood information presented here is made available by the USDA FPL FS. If you are interested in a much more technical description of wood properties, I encourage you to visit the source.