﻿Trees of Neie York Sfaic 87 



PINACEAE 



Pinus resinosa Ait. 



Red Pine, Norway Pine 



Habit — A tree, usually 50-75 feet in height, occasionally 100 foot, with a 

 trunk diameter of 2-3 feet. Crown at first broadly pyr:iniidal, with 

 stout, thick-spreading branches which are more or less pendulous and 

 clothe the bole to the ground, in age forming an open, round-topped head. 



Leaves — Bonu' in fascicles of 2, needle-sh;ii)ed, semi-cylindrical, soft and 

 flexible, dark green and shining, 4-6 inches long, falling during the fourth 

 and fifth season. Fascicle-sheaths persistent. 



Flowers — Appe.-iring in :M:iy and early in June, monoecious, borne in cones. 

 Staniinate cones in dense clusters at the base of the growth of the season, 

 solitary or in whorls of 2-3 near the top of the gro^\-th of the season, 

 subglobose, about Vi of an incii long, stalked, upright, scarlet at 

 ]>ollination. 



Fruit — An ovate-conical, green cone, 2-21/2 inches long, subsessile, horizontal, 

 attaining full size during the second summer, turning light chestnut- 

 brown and opening in the autumn. Oj^ened cones persist on the branches 

 until the following seasou. Cone-scales with slightly thickened and 

 ridged end, unarmed. Seeds dark chestnut-brown, winged, about 1,4 of 

 iin inch long. 



Winter characters — Branchlets stout, roughened by the persistent bases of 

 the leaf-buds, at first orange in color, Avhen older, light reddish brown. 

 Buds !/!>-% of an inch long, ovate, acute, with lanceolate, loosely imbri- 

 cated, chestnut-brown scales, white and fringed on the margins, stature 

 bark light reddish brown, thick, divided by shallow fissures into broad, 

 flat ridges. 



Habitat — Thrives on dry, griivelly lidges and sandy plains whore poor soils 

 are found, liare on low, wet ground. Usually forms open groves of a 

 few acres extent, sciittcred through forests of other species. 



Range — A nortlicrn s]iOcios widely distributed in sout]ie;istern (';niMd;i, 

 Maine, west through the northern states to Minnesota, soutli through 

 Xew England and Pennsylvaniii. Zones C and D. 



Uses — An imjjortant timber species. Wood light, hard, close-grained, pale 

 red with thin, yellowish white sapwood. Used for structural timber in 

 bridges, boat construction, piles, etc. Eed Pine is a prolific seeder and 

 lends itself to "n:itur;il" reforestation. It is of ornamental v:ihie. 



