262 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



Texas and Arkansas. Its wood has no especial 



value. 



Tlie Northern pitch pine is a medi- 

 um-sized, rugged-looking tree which 

 grows from 30 to 80 feet high, with 



curved needles about three or four inches long, grow- 



Northern Pitch 

 Pine. 



Pinus rigida. 



Northern Pitch Pine. 



ing in bunches of three ; they are coarse, rigid, and 

 somewhat flattened. The cones are from one and a 

 half to three and a half inches long, ovate, and the 

 scales are furnished with a short recurved prickle. 

 Sometimes the cones grow in clusters. 



The tree has a very rough appearance, with 



