Longleaf Pine Lumber

The longleaf pine pinus palustris is a pine species native to the southeastern united states found along the coastal plain from east texas to southern maryland extending into northern and central florida.

Longleaf pine lumber.

Forest were cleared by settlers to make way for development and the high quality lumber was utilized as building materials ship building material and railroads. Our lumber is salvaged and recycled from agricultural industrial and large residential buildings throughout the eastern united states. Early american settlers discovered a vast forest comprised of 95 million acres spanning from the southern atlantic shoreline along the gulf of mexico to texas. Longleaf pine lumber the king s wood is not only a rich part of our american history but a beautiful durable and extremely versatile wood.

We custom mill beams and other rough sawn lumber to customer specifications for residential and commercial projects. Longleaf pine the south s hardest working softwood. These trees now cover less than 3 of their original area. This forest grew trees four feet in diameter and up to 150 feet tall.

Longleaf pine is superior to the other southern yellow pines in strength hardness and rot resistance. Longleaf lumber mills finished products including reclaimed wood flooring paneling stair treads and countertops. Heart pine is sometimes called longleaf pine southern yellow pine and yellow pine. It reaches a height of 30 35 m 98 115 ft and a diameter of 0 7 m 28 in.

Longleaf pine is often referred to by other names such as antique pine heart pine pitch pine georgia pine longstraw pine and longneedle pine. Long leaf pine is the finest lumber ever grown. Longleaf pines once covered 90 million acres from virginia to east texas. These slow growth heartwood pine trees matured in 400 to 500 years.

Longleaf lumber s board beam specials include reclaimed boards and beams that is milled and ready for shipping. Yet in the past longleaf pine played other serious roles too. Once regaling north america s southeastern savannah in expansive groves the standing timber has long been romanticized by writers naturalists and woodworkers alike.