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 I'iiiks austriaca H<> 



The Pine Familj 



Habit and Habitat: A large, massive tree, usual! high. 



with a trunk diameter of 2-1 feet, although often larger in its native 

 European forests; tin- massive lateral branches and i . stiff twigs 



mi a bushy, open, rounded or oval CTOWIl. Flourishes in a wide range 

 of soils. 



Leaves and Huds: The leaves are borne in fascicles or dust- 



of 2 in a shallow, basal sheath. 3-6 inches long, slender, needle-shaped. 



rigid, sharp-pointed, curved towards the twig, one side flat, the other 



rounded, deep bluish-green on both surfaees. falling irregularly after 



6 years. Winter-buds oblong-conical, sharp-pointed, reddish-brown, 



resinous, about ft inch long, becoming large and whitish as growth 

 ins. 



Flowers and Pruit8: The flowers in cones, produced in May - or 



•Tune. Staminate cones clustered, cylindrical, short-stalked, bright yel- 

 low, about : , inch long, scales numerous, pollen in great quantity; 

 pistillate cones cylindrical, one or two in a place, towards the ends 

 of the twigs, small, bright red, short-stalked or stalkless. Fruit a tough, 

 irse, woody cone ripening; at the close of the first growing season. 

 opening two years after full size, shedding many of the but remain- 



ing attached to the twig;s for several years, erect, stalk-less, ovoid, 

 inches long; scales smooth, shiny, thickened at the apex and ending; in a 

 short spine at the center; seed reddish-brown, often mottled, % inch 

 long;, at one end of a membranous wing- % inch long - ; two winged 

 Is produced by each scale of the cone except those at the tip and 

 base of the cone. 



Hark, Twigs and Wood: Bark thick and gray or nearly black on 

 old trunks, coarsely and deeply fissured by connected ridges, often some- 

 what scaly; twig-s brownish to olive-colored and smooth, becoming 

 darker and roughened with ag*e. Wood very resinous, rich in turpentine, 

 light, soft, strong;, durable, reddish-brown with thick, yellowish to red- 

 dish-white Bap wood; excellent for stove wood and for rough construc- 

 tion. 



Distribution in the State: Austrian pine is not native to Nebraska 

 North America. It is, however, an important timber-producing 

 • • of the foresti >f central and southern Europe where it abounds. 

 It has been planted very widely in the United States. 



Kemarks: The Austrian pine is one of the best trees for planting 

 in Nebraska since it is very hardy under our conditions; it is rather 



l1 growing, long-lived and free from serious ly jjr- 



from the seed and transplants readily when small or even when quite 

 large if moved in the winfc This sp< riduros the hot. dry 



winds which occasionally sweep over OUT state better than anv other 

 int ' 1 conifer. The regular outline of the tree and the great, w 



sndelabra-rlfl wn is particularly attracts m thou 



the tn a whole is rather We ought to plant Austrian pine 



more frequently than we do. 



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