Species: Pinus elliottii (Slash Pine)
	Botanical Name   Pinus elliottii Common Name Slash Pine Description A medium-sized tree with a narrow-ovoid crown. Needles appear to be tufted at the ends of the branches. It has 3 dark green needles per fasicle. Bark is red-brown and furrowed when young, becoming very platy. The surfaces of the plates are covered with thin, loose scales that flake off, revealing a light brown to cinnamon color.
	Distribution Grown in plantations in the coastal regions of northern NSW to Rockhampton in Queensland. It is native to south-east United States of America
	Wood Properties Heart wood is reddish brown varying to shades of yellow. Sapwood is usually pale yellow to yellow. Grain is generally straight. A pronounced difference in colour between earlywood and latewood results in a very disinctive figure when back sawn.
	Source http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/pelliottii.htm http://www.home.aone.net.au/s_stimbers/slash.htm

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