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Southern yellow pine
It is a softwood.
Southern Yellow Pine (often abbreviated SYP) doesn't refer to any one species of tree, but rather a group of species which are classified as yellow pine (as opposed to white pine), and are native to the American South. There are several varieties, such as longleaf pine, shortleaf pine, loblolly pine, and slash pine.See link below.
1090ksi
There are four different types of framing lumber. The common framing lumber are Spruce-Pine-Fir, Structural Southern Yellow Pine, Machine Stress Rated Lumber, Treated Southern Yellow Pine #2 and Better, and Bluwood.
There are four main species of Southern Pine - shortleaf, longleaf, loblolly, and slash. Long Leaf Southern Pine is heavy, hard, strong and coarse grained. It is very durable when dry and well ventilated. It cannot be used in contact with the ground. It is used for heavy framing timbers and floors. Short Leaf Southern Pine can vary greatly in quality but is used as a substitute for long leaf pine.
The southern yellow pine's weight varies between 32 lbs. per cubic foot and 38 lbs. per cubic foot. The weight of the treatment, if there is one, must be added on top of that, then must be adjusted for the size of the piece of wood.
White Pine, Yellow Pine, Douglas Fir, Red Cedar, Yellow Cedar.
It will be one of me more straight grained woods you can find in the US. The southern yellow pine variety (which is found in most retailers of lumber) will have fairly straight grain and will provide good support and structure.
The southern Pine Barrens
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A yellow pine is one of various species of pine tree, or a specific New Zealand-based species, Latin name Halocarpus biformis.