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Common Trees 



RED PINE 



Pinus resinosa, Aiton 



THE Red Pine, also called Norway Pine, is one of the 

 most important pine trees native to North America. 

 It has already won a front-rank place. As it becomes better 

 known its real merits will be more fully appreciated. 



RED PINE 

 One-half natural size. 



The leaves are straight, slender, flexible, 4 to 6 inches 

 long and occur in pairs. They are usually tufted at the end 

 of the branches and persist for 3 to 5 years. 



The cones are egg-shaped, about 2 inches long, usually 

 without stalks. It has no spines or prickles on the cone- 

 scales. 



The bark is thick, reddish-brown, marked with shallow 

 furrows, peels off into thin scales. The twigs are stout and 

 orange brown. 



The wood is rather hard, pale red, with thin light sap- 

 wood. It is used for nearly all purposes for which White 

 Pine is used. 



The Red Pine is a tree of the Northwoods. It is found 

 from Nova Scotia south to central Pennsylvania and west to 

 Minnesota. Recently a new outpost of this tree was found 

 in Pendelton county, West Virginia. This is the most 

 southern station where it occurs naturally. In New York 

 this tree occurs locally throughout the Adirondacks and 

 across the northern part of the State. It extends southward 

 to the Helderberg and Catskill mountains and westward to 

 the Genesse valley and the Finger Lake region. It is usu- 

 ally found in open groves or scattered with other trees. 



The Red Pine rarely exceeds 70 to 80 feet in height and 3 

 feet in diameter. It has few enemies, grows rapidly, and if 

 given care and protection will produce large quantities of 

 high quality wood. It is one of our most attractive evergreen 

 trees. 



