Pine, Corsican
Colour
Durability
Density in kg/m3
The TreeIt attains a height of 45m and a diameter of 1 m or more.
The TimberThe heartwood is light yellowish-brown clearly demarcated from the yellowish-white sapwood. It is similar in appearance to Scots pine, but the sapwood is wider, much wider in material grown in the UK while the texture is fairly coarse. The wood weighs 510 kg/m3 when dried, and often contains a greater number of large knots than Scots pine.
DryingDries very rapidly and well, with little degrade except slight checking around knots and some splitting of these. The wide sapwood is liable to fungal staining unless dried quickly after conversion.
Latin NamePinus nigra var maritima
Also known asCorsican pine
Wood TypeSoftwood
TreatabilityEasily treated
MoistureSmall
TextureCoarse
OriginSpain, Italy, Greece
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Sourcing timber
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