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Pine Family
... Pine Family Pinaceae - The Pine Family Pinaceae is commercially the most important timber-producing family of gymnosperms, including 10 genera ... name) Cedrus - Cedar Keteleeria - (This group has no common name) Larix - Larch Picea - Spruce Pinus - Pine Pseudolarix - Golden larch Pseudotsuga - Douglas-fir Tsuga - Hemlock Glossary Back to Pinatae - The Conifers
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Pine Family
... paper, turpentine, rosin (formerly from naval stores), pine "nuts", Christmas trees, and pine straw and bark mulch are all obtained from pine trees. Pine trees share many characteristics. For a more ... Phillippines, and Central America. One species, Pinus merkusii, occurring in Sumatra, is the only pine species that naturally crosses the equator into the Southern Hemisphere. However, several species, ...
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Pine Characteristics
... Pine Characteristics Common Pine Tree Features Pine cone and leaf parts. (A) Inner view of ovulate scale with seed. (B) Outer view ... scale and can be winged or wingless. Glossary Interactive Comparison Tool Back to Pinaceae - The Pine Family
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Slash Pine
... and Georgia. OTHER COMMON NAMES: southern pine, yellow slash pine, swamp pine, pitch pine, Cuban pine. Formerly included under Pinus caribaea Morelet, Caribbean pine, a closely related species of Bahama Islands, ... squirrel (Sciurus niger), bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus), and wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) eat pine seeds and use trees for protective cover. Australes pines Range and Habitat ...
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Spruce Pine
... : Glabrous, or smooth, referring to the smoothish bark. OTHER COMMON NAMES: cedar pine, poor pine, Walter pine, bottom white pine. *(From Little, 1979. ) Tree Characteristics: Height at maturity: Typical: 24 to 27 ... rarely forms pure stands, and they are of limited commercial use. Unlike most pine trees, spruce pine is shade tolerant and often established in a hardwood understory of oaks (Quercus ...
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Table Mountain Pine
... the peculiar, stout, hooked spines on the cones. OTHER COMMON NAMES: hickory pine, mountain pine, prickly pine, squirrel pine. *(From Little, 1979. ) Tree Characteristics: Height at maturity: Typical: 6 ... seeds inside. Because of this activity, Pinus pungens has locally been dubbed "squirrel pine". Australes pines Range and Habitat Interactive Comparison Tool Bark Reproductive Structures Glossary ...
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Pitch Pine
... 1768. DERIVATION: Rigid, or stiff, referring to the cone scales. OTHER COMMON NAMES: southern pine, black pine, torch pine. *(From Little, 1979. ) Tree Characteristics: Height at maturity: Typical: 15 to 25 m ( ... Jersey. High resin content in this species produced the name "pitch pine". Early American settlers would often ignite pine knots for torches. Before the widespread use of the southern pines ...
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Virginia Pine
... Dict. ed. 8, Pinus No. 9. 1768. DERIVATION: Of Virginia. OTHER COMMON NAMES: Jersey pine, scrub pine, spruce pine. *(From Little, 1979. ) Tree Characteristics: Height at maturity: Typical: 15 to 23 m ( ... Virginia pines are a favorite nesting tree of woodpeckers. Serves as habitat for pine siskin (Spinus pinus) and pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator). A variety of songbirds and small mammals eat ...
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Sand Pine
... few years before releasing the seeds. OTHER COMMON NAMES: Ocala sand pine, Choctawhatchee sand pine, scrub pine, spruce pine. *(From Little, 1979. ) Tree Characteristics: Height at maturity: Typical: 9 to ... Stem form: excurrent Branching habit: short, coarse, spreading limbs; persistent dead branches Sand pine is found almost exclusively in Florida. Two geographic races are recognized, the Ocala ...
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Jack Pine
... obliged for first knowledge of it. OTHER COMMON NAMES: scrub pine, gray pine, black pine, princess pine, Banksian pine, Hudson Bay pine. *(From Little, 1979. ) Tree Characteristics: Height at maturity: Typical: 21 ... habit: thin, horizontally spreading; dead branches persistent Jack pine is the most widely distributed pine in Canada and most northerly pine of the United States. These tree usually ...
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