Habitat. 



64 WOOD AND FOREST. 



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 NORWAY PINE. EED PINE. 



Red refers to color of bark. 



Pinus resinosa Solander. 

 Pinus, the classical Latin name; resinosa refers to very resinous wood. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 grows best in northern 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, and 

 Minnesota. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 70'-90'; 

 diameter, 2'-3' ; tall, 

 straight ; branches in 

 whorls, low; bark, thin, 

 scaly, purplish and red- 

 dish-brown ; longitudinal 

 furrows, broad flat ridges; 

 leaves, in twos in long 

 sheaths; cones, 2". 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color of wood, pale red, 

 sap-wood, wide, whitish; 

 non-porous ; rings sum- 

 mer wood broad, dark; 

 grain, straight; rays, nu- 

 merous, pronounced, thin; 

 very resinous, but ducts 

 small and few. 



Physical Qualities : 

 Leaf. Weight, light, 43d in this 



