radiata pine

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PINE, RADIATA

Pinus spp.
Pinus spp. of the family Pinaceae, the pine family, including primarily Pinus radiata, but also including at least Pinus binata and Pinus insignis. The list of names that I have listed for these species is shown in the table below, which is extracted from the more extensive list of species from the genus Pinus shown here:

A NOTE ABOUT PINES IN THE USA

Here is the list of species that have radiata pine as all or part of one or more of their common names:

SPECIES NAME	[n] ALL COMMON NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIES ( [n] is the number of such common names )
pinus binata	[1] radiata pine
pinus insignis	[2] monterey pine, radiata pine
pinus radiata	[15] california pine, insignis pine, insular pine, insular two-leaved pine, monterey pine, monterey small-coned pine, nearly smooth-cone pine, nearly-smooth cone pine, pine, radiata pine, remarkable cone pine, remarkable pine, small-coned monterrey pine, smooth-cone pine, spreading-cone pine

my samples:
NOTE: these pics were all taken in very bright incandescent lighting ("soft white" at 2700K)
colors will vary under other lighting conditions

both sides of a sample plank of radiata pine / Pinus radiata --- HUGE enlargements are present

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

both sides of a sample plank of radiata pine / Pinus radiata --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

both sides of a sample plank of radiata pine / Pinus radiata --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

both sides of a sample plank of radiata pine / Pinus radiata --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

lumberyard pics of radiata pine

closeup from a different set of lumberyard pics of radiata pine

The Wood Book pics

flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
radiata pine (Pinus radiata), listed as Monterey pine, from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are available for each of the 3 views

web pics: