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Tlie Red Tine occasionitlly attains the height 

 of Mil or 100 ft. Willi liroail irregular pyrariiiilal 

 liead and dark green foliage tufted in tliiek 

 needles at the ends of its rough branehlets. 

 It is an upland tree, being found on dry sandy 

 soil and is distinctly northern in its distribu- 

 tion. Never forming e.xelusive tracts of forest 

 of anj' size, it is scattered in open gro\e3 

 where conditions favor its development, and 

 many of the slopes and ridges which overlook 

 the lakes of the Adirondacks and New f'^ngland 

 are beautified by the presence of this tree. 

 Its straight columnar trunks, rarely over 2 

 or 3 ft. in diameter, are vested in a reddish 

 brown bark (hence the name) fissured into 

 broad irregular plates and ridges which flake 

 off in irregular scales. 



The wood is moderately heavy and hard and 



is valued for the spars of vessels, piles, sills, 



and lumber for general construction purposes. 



.\ cubic foot of the dry w 1 weighs 30.2.') lbs.' 



The bark is occasionally used for tanning pur 



poses. 



Lrarcs in clusters of 2 with persistent sheaths, 

 ralher slender. 4-(i in. long. I^oarinfjj stomatii on 

 the venti-al faces contnininy: peripheral rcsin- 

 diicts and 2 tihro-vascular bundles. Floirtrs: 

 staminatc about V> in. long, in arapte clnstr'rs. 

 dark piirph' ; pistillate subterminal, scarlet and 

 with short stalks. ('ants subterminal, ovoid- 

 conical, about 2 in. lonj;, sulisessile. thickened at 

 the rounded apex and unarmed ; seeds about % 

 in. lone:, comprrssed. f rianfrninr-nvoid. mottb'd and 

 W'ith ample wing to-oadcst below the middle and 

 oblique at apex. 



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