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The Pine Family of Trees in the Sierra Nevada
... needle pine: One-leaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla). Two-needle pine: Lodgepole Pine (P. contorta). Three-needle pines: Gray (or "foothill" or "Digger") Pine (P. sabiniana). Jeffrey Pine (P. jeffreyi). Knobcone Pine (P. attenuata). Ponderosa Pine (P. ponderosa). Washoe Pine ...
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The Pine Families of Trees in Southern California
... needle pine: One-leaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla). Two-needle pines: Lodgepole Pine (P. contorta). Bishop Pine (P. muricata). Santa Cruz Island Pine (P. remorata). Nut Pine (P. edulis). Three-needle pines: Coulter Pine (P. coulteri). Gray Pine ...
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Book review of Discovered Alive: The Story of the Chinese Redwood.
... dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is one of the world's most beautiful trees. Delicate, needle-slim, pale leaves bud out and gracefully cloaked its plumb-line straight trunk and ... Introduction. Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) - Time Chart - longevity, history, pre-history. Pine Trees - Your 60-Second Guide to Naming your Pine. Got Conifer -- How You Can Tell What Kind of ...
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John Muir on the Trees of Yosemite (Part 1)
... General, of the same book. On the ponderosa pine (Muir calls it "yellow" pine). "The most influential of the Valley trees is the yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa). It attains its noblest dimensions on ... stepping up stairs through a blaze of white light, every needle thrilling and shining as if with religious ecstasy." On the sugar pine. "Unfortunately there are but few sugar pines in the ...
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) - Ancient Tree of California.
... sempervirens): Description. Leaves: Dark green. Slender and linear, with sharp-pointed needle tips. Typically a half inch (1.2 cm) to 1 inch ... (in the north), grand fir (in the north), Sitka spruce, sugar pine, western red cedar (in the north). Deciduous trees include: bigleaf maple ... coast redwoods the longest-lived trees in the USA? The bristlecone pine is the longest-lived trees in the USA. Other ...
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Pining for Pines
... Parker. What is a Pine Tree? A pine tree is an evergreen with long, slender ("needle-shaped") evergreen leaves, called "pine needles." It's ... pine (Pinus longaeva). foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana). limber pine (Pinus flexilis). nut pine or parry pinyon (Pinus quadrifolia). singleleaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla). sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). western white pine (Pinus monticola). whitebark pine ...
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Got Pine? - Your 60-Second Guide to Naming your Pine
... pine); you have a whitebark pine (P.albicaulis). Four (4) needles in each bundle In California, you have nut pine or parry pinyon (P.quadrifolia). Three (3) needles in each bundle Your 3-needle-to-a-bundle pine is most likely to be California's most common conifer, ponderosa pine ...
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Got Conifer? When is a tree with needles not a Pine?
... pine tree or what? Here is a quick way to tell. The main features of the Pine (Pinus genus): an evergreen with long needle-like leaves in bundles or clusters of up to 5 needles held together at the base by sheath of papery bark. Sometimes, the name "pine ... the true fir it is larger and depressed); each needle narrows at the base into a short, thin stem ...
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