w HI II. PINE 

 Pinus at I.. 



The Pine Family. Conifers 



pin u 



Habit and Habitat: A large tree, 60-80 feet tall, with ■ trunk 

 diameter of ~-\ feet, occasionally 100-160 feet high and 5-7 feet in 

 diameter, trees even 250 feet tall formerly existed; when young, slender 

 horizontal or slightly ascending branches produce regular whorls about 

 the straight main stem, forming a wide pyramidal crown, which becomes 

 more or less irregular in th< >t. Prefers s light, fertile, loamy 



soil and sandy soils of granitic origin, also on banks of streams and 

 river flat-. 



Leaves and Bods: Leaves in fascicles or clusters of 5, 5-6 incl 

 long, slender, soft, straight, needle-shaped. 3-sided, bluish green, whitened 



on the inner side, mostly turning pale yellow and falling in September 



of their second season or a little later, commonly in brush-like tufts 

 at the end of the twi| Winter-buds oblong-OVoid, sharp -pointed, 



yellowish-brown. Vv- 1 - inch long. 



Flowers and Fruits: Flowers produced in June, both the stamin; 

 ami pistillate in closely-flowered cones. Staminate cones oval, clus- 

 tered at the base of the leafy growing shoots of tlv - >n, bases of 

 the cones surrounded by a number of papery scales, about % inch 

 long, yellow. The pistillate cones cylindrical, about % inch long, 

 pinkish-purple, long-stalked. Fruit a woody cone maturing during 

 the second summer, falling during the winter or following spring, 

 pendent, short-stalked, narrow-cylindrical, often curved, greenish at 

 first. 4-10 inches long; scales becoming light brown, rather loose, 

 slightly thickened and rounded at the apex; seeds reddish-brown. % 

 inch long, at the base of a yellowish-brown, membranous wing about 1 

 inch long. 



Bark. Twigs and Wood: The bark on the twigs is at first rusty- 

 hairy, soon becoming smooth and yellowish-brown in their first winter, 

 finally thin, smooth, greenish; on old branches and the main trunk 

 becoming 1-2 inches thick and deeply divided by shallow fissures into 

 broad, connected ridges covered with small closely appressed scales. 

 Wood very soft, light, weak, compact, straight-grained, resinous, easily 

 worked, light, pinkish-brown with lighter colored Bap wood; shrinks or 

 swells very slightly with changes in the atmosphere; one of the finest 

 and most famous of all North American woods. 



Distribution in the State: The white pine does not occur natur- 

 ally in Nebraska, the nearest approach in its natural range being north- 

 eastern Iowa. The species occurs throughout northeaster!! United 

 States from Iowa and Minnesota eastward, southeastern Canada and 

 along the Appalachian mountains to northern Georgia. 



Resaarka: This is one of the tallest and most magnificent trees of 



n United States and formerly was the source of great Supplies 

 of its famous lumber produced especially in Michigan, Wisconsin. Min- 

 nesota and Pennsylvania. Stands formerly existed which yielded over 

 100.00O feet board measure of sound timber per acre. One of our n 

 rapidly growing and graceful evt for ornamental planting. 



hardy h pine or Austrian pine in our climate. The bark 



furnishes the syrup Off white pine. Ufl - a medicine. 



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