PINACEAE 

 Red Pine. Norway Pine 



Finns resinosa Ait. 



HABIT. A large tree 70-80 feet high, with a trunk diameter 

 of 2-3 feet; stout, horizontal branches form a broad, rounded, 

 rather open crown. 



LEAVES. In clusters of two; 4-6 inches long; slender, 

 straight, needle-shaped, sharp-pointed, flexible, from elongated, 

 persistent sheaths ; lustrous dark green. Persistent 4-5 years. 



FLOWERS. April-May; monoecious; the staminate in ob- 

 long, dense clusters, Yz-Y^ mcn long, composed of many sessile, 

 purple anthers imbricated upon a central axis; the pistillate single 

 or few-clustered at the end of the branchlets, subglobose; scales 

 ovate, scarlet, borne on stout peduncles covered with pale brown 

 bracts. 



FRUIT. Autumn of second season, falling the next sum- 

 mer; ovoid-conical, nearly sessile cones, about 2 inches long; 

 scales thickened at the apex ; seeds oval, compressed, light mot- 

 tled-brown, with wings Vz-Y^ inch long. 



WINTER-BUDS. About -M inch long, ovoid or conical, 

 acute, red-brown, with rather loose scales. 



BARK. Twigs orange-brown, becoming rough with the per- 

 sistent bases of leaf-buds; thick and red-brown on the trunk, 

 shallowly fissured into broad, flat ridges. 



WOOD. Light, hard, very close-grained, pale red, with thin, 

 yellow to white sapwood. 



DISTRIBUTION. Very abundant in Clare County and 

 northward; frequent on the east side of the state as far south 

 as Port Huron. 



HABITAT. Sandy plains and dry woods. 



NOTES. Rapid of growth on the better soils. Difficult to 

 transplant. 



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