softwoods page

PINE

NOTE: unless otherwise specifically stated, all of the images shown on this
page are of 1/4" square end grain cross sections shown at 12X with the top
of the image towards the bark and the bottom towards the pith so that
earlywood is towards the bottom of the growth rings and latewood is towards the top

to see all species with links to their anatomy page go here: species links

general characteristics of pine end grain:

• parenchyma:
• rays:
• growth rings:
• resin canals:

NOTE: There are other species, not in the genus Pinus, that are conifers and that have pine in their name (for eample parana pine / Araucaria angustifolia) but these are shown in the "other" softwoods page.
The organization of this page is generally alphabetical by species name.
The common names of pines are generally numerous for each species and I
have generally just used the name under which the sample was presented to me.

   

• pine / Pinus spp.
• pine / Pinus spp.

   

• whitebark pine / Pinus albicaulis
• whitebark pine / Pinus albicaulis --- the tissue here appears so amorphous that it seems the pic must be out of focus. It is not.

   

• knobcone pine / Pinus attenuata
• knobcone pine / Pinus attenuata

   

• foxtail pine / Pinus balfouriana
• foxtail pine / Pinus balfouriana

       

• jack pine / Pinus banksiana
• jack pine / Pinus banksiana
• Chinese lancebark pine / Pinus bungeana --- this sample was suffused with resin
• Caribbean pine / Pinus caribaea --- a 1/4" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X

     

• sand pine / Pinus clausa --- a 1/4" x 1/2" cross section shown here at 6X
• sand pine / Pinus clausa
• sand pine / Pinus clausa

     

• Coulter pine / Pinus coulteri
• Coulter pine / Pinus coulteri
• lodgepole pine / Pinus contorta

     

• Japanese red pine / Pinus densiflora
• Japanese red pine / Pinus densiflora --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Japanese red pine / Pinus densiflora --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

   

• shortleaf pine / Pinus echinata
• shortleaf pine / Pinus echinata


• shortleaf pine / Pinus echinata
• shortleaf pine / Pinus echinata

   

• pinyon pine / Pinus edulis
• pinyon pine / Pinus edulis

     
slash pin / Pinus elliottii seems to have larger than usual resin canals

• slash pine / Pinus elliottii
• slash pine / Pinus elliottii
• slash pine / Pinus elliottii

     

• slash pine / Pinus elliottii --- with blue stain
• South Florida slash pine / Pinus elliottii var densa --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• South Florida slash pine / Pinus elliottii var densa --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample and this is a 1/3" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X

   

• Apache pine / Pinus engelmannii --- also known as Englemann pine
• aleppo pine / Pinus halapensis

     

• limber pine / Pinus flexilis
• limber pine / Pinus flexilis --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• limber pine / Pinus flexilis --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

     

• Jeffrey pine / Pinus jeffreyi
• Jeffrey pine / Pinus jeffreyi --- heartwood
• Jeffrey pine / Pinus jeffreyi --- sapwood from the same piece

     

• sugar pine / Pinus lambertiana
• bristlecone pine / Pinus longaeva
• bristlecone pine / Pinus longaeva

   

• chihuahua pine / Pinus leiophylla
• Chinese red pine / Pinus massoniana

   

• singleleaf pinyon pine / Pinus monophylla
• singleleaf pinyon pine / Pinus monophylla

   

• Western white pine / Pinus monticola
• mugo pine / Pinus mugo

   

• Bishop pine / Pinus muricata --- not quite 1/4" tall
• Bishop pine / Pinus muricata

     

• black pine / Pinus nigra --- a 1/3" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 9X
• Austrian pine / Pinus nigra --- also known as black pine (this section is not quite 1/4" high)
• Austrian pine / Pinus nigra --- also known as black pine, this is a 1/3" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X

     

   

   

• longleaf pine / Pinus palustris
• longleaf pine / Pinus palustris
• longleaf pine / Pinus palustris


• longleaf pine / Pinus palustris
• longleaf pine / Pinus palustris


• longleaf pine / Pinus palustris --- an area near the pith
• longleaf pine / Pinus palustris --- same sample but further out from the pith

   

   

• Mexican pine (pino) / Pinus patula --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Mexican pine (pino) / Pinus patula --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample


• pino (Mexican pine) / Pinus patula
• Mexican pine / Pinus patula var longepedunculata

   

• Japanese white pine / Pinus parviflora
• stone pine / Pinus pinea

     

• ponderosa pine / Pinus ponderosa
• ponderosa pine / Pinus ponderosa
• Western yellow pine / Pinus ponderosa

   

• ponderosa pine / Pinus ponderosa --- with bear claw figure showing indented grain
• ponderosa pine / Pinus ponderosa --- with bear claw figure showing indented grain

   

• ponderosa pine / Pinus ponderosa --- with bear claw figure but an area not showing indented grain
• ponderosa pine / Pinus ponderosa --- same piece showing indented grain

   

• Mexican white pine / Pinus pseudostrobus
• Mexican white pine / Pinus pseudostrobus

       

• table mountain pine / Pinus pungens
• radiata pine / Pinus radiata --- a 1/3" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 9X
• radiata pine / Pinus radiata --- a 5/12" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 7X
• radiata pine / Pinus radiata --- a 1/3" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X

     

• pitch pine / Pinus rigida
• red pine / Pinus resinosa --- a 1/3" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 9X
• red pine / Pinus resinosa

   

• red pine / Pinus resinosa --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• red pine / Pinus resinosa --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

     

• digger pine / Pinus sabiniana
• digger pine / Pinus sabiniana
• pond pine / Pinus serotina

   

• heart pine / Pinus spp.
• old growth longleaf heart pine / Pinus spp.

       

• antique heart pine / Pinus spp. --- these two are from nearby areas on the same sample
• antique heart pine / Pinus spp. --- these two are from nearby areas on the same sample and this one is a 1/4" x 5/12" cross section shown here at 7X
• antique heart pine / Pinus spp.
• antique heart pine / Pinus spp.

   

• Southern yellow pine / Pinus spp.
• Southern yellow pine / Pinus spp.

   

• Southern yellow pine / Pinus spp. --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Southern yellow pine / Pinus spp. --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

   

• yellow pine / Pinus spp. --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• yellow pine / Pinus spp. --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

     

   

• white pine / Pinus spp.
• white pine / Pinus spp.
• white pine / Pinus spp.


• white pine / Pinus spp.
• white pine / Pinus spp.

     

     

     

   

   

• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus
• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus
• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus


• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus
• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample


• white pine / Pinus strobus
• white pine / Pinus strobus
• white pine / Pinus strobus


• white pine / Pinus strobus
• white pine / Pinus strobus


• white pine / Pinus strobus --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• white pine / Pinus strobus --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample

     

• Scotch pine / Pinus sylvestris --- a 5/12" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 7X
• Scotch pine / Pinus sylvestris
• Scotch pine / Pinus sylvestris

       

   

• loblolly pine / Pinus taeda
• loblolly pine / Pinus taeda --- this is only part of a growth ring
• loblolly pine / Pinus taeda --- a 5/12" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 7X
• loblolly pine / Pinus taeda --- a 1/3" x 1/2" cross section shown here at 6X


• loblolly pine / Pinus taeda (presumably) --- a 1/3" x 1/3" cross section shown here at 9X
• yellow pine / Pinus taeda

   

• black pine / Pinus uncinata --- a section with indented grain
• black pine / Pinus uncinata --- a nearby section of the same piece

       

• Virginia pine / Pinus virginiana --- a 5/12" x 1/4" cross section shown here at 7X
• Virginia pine / Pinus virginiana
• Virginia pine / Pinus virginiana
• Virginia pine / Pinus virginiana

   

• Japanese black pine / Pinus thunbergii
• Japanese black pine / Pinus thunbergii

   

• Jersey pine / Pinus spp.
• spruce pine / Pinus spp.

   

• ayacahuite (Mexican pine) / Pinus ayacahuite
• ayacahuite (Mexican pine) / Pinus ayacahuite

     

• Mexican pine (pino) / Pinus teocote --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Mexican pine (pino) / Pinus teocote --- these two are from nearby areas of the same sample
• Mexican pine (pino) / Pinus teocote

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The following 4 samples are from a batch of barn wood that was sent to me for ID. I concluded that they are pine for sure and my friend Mark Peet tells me that they are almost certainly Southern white pine / pinus glabra but we don't know that for sure so I'm just listing them as pine / Pinus spp.

   

   

   

   

• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample
• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample


• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample
• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample


• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample
• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample


• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample
• pine / Pinus app. --- these two are from nearby areas of hte same sample