Despite the name “needles”, these are rather nice bedding to sleep on- although they’re usually only used for the bottom layer of bedding that you don’t sleep directly on; the chemical emliminine is present in pine needles.
Bibliography: wilderness survival instructor, Native American Cherokee medicine man, & ethnobotany teacher Richard Lonewolf
Database Entry: Distance Everheart 7-27-13, 7-31-13, 10-23-14