Thus the Taiwan red pine is a natural survivor. During the Japanese era, when large scale logging began throughout Taiwan of the island's high-grade timbers--Formosan cypress and Hinoki cypress--few people were interested in Taiwan's quick-growing native pines. Their wood being neither dense nor finely grained, they were regarded as second-grade timber, so there was no need to fear that the trees would become rare species.
二葉松是天生的強者，當日據時期人們開始砍伐台灣大地上的所謂高級木紅檜、扁柏時，快生快長的台灣原生松樹，因材質不夠細密，被列為二級木，免遭覬覦，更不須擔心跨入稀有植物的行列。