MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES 



RED PINE (Norway Pine) (Pinus resinosa Ait.) 



IN Massachusetts the Red Pine appropriately so 

 called both on account of the pale red color of the 

 heart-wood and the distinctly reddish cast of the bark 

 occurs only locally and then chiefly in the northern 

 and western sections. Usually it grows on light and 

 somewhat dry soils. 



When young it has an attractive conical outline ; 

 in old age it becomes somewhat irregular. It usually 

 attains a height of fifty to seventy-five feet and has a 

 continuous trunk, two to three feet in diameter. The 

 branches are stout, usually extend horizontally and 

 clothe the trunk quite or nearly to the ground. 



RED PINE. One-half natural size. 



From Sargent's " Manual of the Trees of North America," by permission of 

 Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 



The bark is light red-brown in color and divided by 

 shallow fissures into broad, flat ridges. 



The leaves are in clusters of two, flexible, dark 

 green and five to six inches long. They remain on the 

 tree for four or five years. 



The cones are egg-shaped, two to three inches long 

 and mature in the fall of their second season. 



The wood is light, strong, hard and pale red in 

 color. It is used in construction, for building, and to 

 a certain extent for masts. 



The name Norway Pine has so little fitness as applied 

 to this tree, and is so evidently misleading that its use 

 is to be discouraged. 



The Latin name suggests a resinous wood, but in 

 fact it is less so than either of the other Pines. 



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