which pine is this.

[soundman]

I was tooling down the road in the van of deligts this morning and noticed these three friends thumbing a ride. I wasn't going where they wanted to go so I came back for them later.:D

Actualy the bloke down the road left them by his fence for me.

now I know they are some sort of pine.... but what sort.

As a side issue, I have never had the oportunity or need to use a chain saw on fresh green pine before.... some ends needed trimming so away I went.

Oh man this stuff is soft..:o .. I can see why those northern hemisphere blokes are keen on hand tools.:D

cheers

[Wood Butcher]

It looks like Norfolk Island Pine to me (Araucaria heterophylla). Mainly because of the shape of the leaves.

[Wizened of Oz]

Hoop.

[funkychicken]

Does it have a Piney aroma? If so then it's probably from the Pinus family, not from the Araucaria clan.

[Cliff Rogers]

Looks like hoop to me.

[reeves]

yeah at a glance looks like hoop but could be norfolk.
Got a pic of the timber and yes if it smells overly piney its not an acracuria

[journeyman Mick]

I'm pretty sure it's Norfolk. Hoop has clusters of flat "leaves" rather than the cylindrical clusters of needles that Norfolk has.

Mick

[Wood Butcher]

Just had another look at some other photos I have and the bark is not the same as the photos I have of N.I pines.
This is a photo of a N.I Pine bark
http://www.conifers.org/ar/ar/heterophylla3.jpg

And this of Hoop Pine which looks more like what you have Joe
http://www.conifers.org/ar/ar/cunninghamii3.jpg

[soundman]

Yep that looks like it.... hoop it is.

cheers