pinus cembra, Pinaceae, Gymnospermae (Softwood)

Chatoyance was measured by the chatometry.com team using the PZC method. The statistics for this specific timber are hereby summarized to provide an evaluation of data robustness:
Number of sources for samples: 2
Number of individual trees analyzed: 7
Number of specimens: 18
Number of measurements: 54
Max PZC read (of all measurements): 17.7
Min PZC read (of all measurements): 8.5
Max PZC average on one log: 13.5
Min PZC average on one log: 9.0
PZC Average of all logs: 10.7
Species: pinus cembra
Family: Pinaceae
Clade: Gymnospermae
Description: Pinus cembra, the Swiss Stone Pine, is a slow-growing, medium-sized coniferous tree native to high altitudes in the Alps. It features dark green needles in bundles of five and produces ovoid, purplish-brown cones containing edible seeds.
Pictures – each from a different individual tree:







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