WoodwoodSoftwood
Pine (Southern Yellow)
Softwood used for structural framing, decking and general building work. Southern yellow pine is a commercial group rather than one species, and its high resin content makes it markedly denser and stronger than eastern white pine.
Properties
- Family
- Wood
- Category
- wood
- Species
- Pinus spp.
- Density
- 0.55 g/cm³ · 550 kg/m³
Densityhow pine (southern yellow) compares
Applicationswhere pine (southern yellow) is normally specified
FramingDeckingGeneral constructionFurniture
Practical notes
- Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
- Eastern white pine is about 0.40 g/cm³ — specify the group, not just "pine"
- Weighs far more green; freight estimates must account for moisture
Lumber sizeswhat pine (southern yellow) weighs in each nominal size
Lumber size databaseDressed sizes are the same for every species — a 2x4 is 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 in in oak as much as in spruce. What changes is the weight, and that is derived here from pine (southern yellow)'s density of 0.55 g/cm³.
Tools used on itmatched on the wood family, not on this page
All toolsCircular SawCountersinkDrillHole SawImpact DriverJigsawMitre SawRandom Orbit SanderRouterTwist Drill Bits
Which tools work a material is a property of the family (Wood), not of the individual species — so this list is the same on every wood page, and changes when the tool data changes rather than when this paragraph does.