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Trees with NeedleJike Leaves Grouped in Bundles of 2 to 5 (Pines) <br /> <br />RED PINE or blorway pine (?inns <br />L~rge tree, 40' - 60' (100') ~I; symmemc, rounded <br />crown with stout, horizontal branches spaced in annual <br />whorls along the trunk; :funk, bu~essed when mature, <br />up to 36" diame:en Le2ves: NeedleEke. ~"- d" long, <br />2'.per bundle, break cleanl7 when b~nt, dar,~: green. <br />Twigs: Reddish-brown: buds, orangish-brown <br />reddish-brown, with loose scales. Seed cone: <br />long. scale rips unarmed, pa/rs usually sdck out at <br />angles ~rom branch. Bark: gedgish-&rown ro gray, <br />flak'y; becoming shallowly furrowed with thin. scaly <br /> <br />Red Pine <br /> <br />plates (resembling jigsaw puzzle pieces). Range: <br />Native, north~central and nortbe~tem Minnesota; hardy <br />throughout. Remark.s:' Shade-mtote~a_nt; moderately <br />fast,~rowinz; tong-lived: Minnesota s state tree. <br />tmp~mant dmber tree naturally [ound on dW, highly <br />acidic, sand/" soils. Commonly ·used in reforestation · <br />projects and Christmas tree plantations. Fire decendent: <br />seeds rapidly ,ze,'-rninate on exposed soils. Thick bark. <br />protec'4 mature trees. Some[imes called "Norway pine," <br />probably because early setde~ confused d~e tree with <br />the Norway spruce of Europe. <br /> <br />· EAgTER~'q WHITE PiNE (?im,s strobux) <br />Large tree, ~40'. 70' ( 1003 [~1; oval or i=e~ular crown <br />w~ horizontal branches spaced in ~nu~ whorls along <br />· e ~z~ (plumel~e oud~e); ~ bu~essed when <br />mature, up [o ~2" di~eren Leave: Needlelike. <br />2'/:" - 5" long, 5 ~er bundI~[ soft, flexible, bluish-green. <br />TMgs: Oreenish-~ay to o~gish-brown: bu~, reddish <br />or yeflowi~h-brown, pointed ~p. Seed cones: 4" -.8" <br />long, fl~.ribla, res/n-coated ~c~e eps (white). <br />Bark: Oreenish-?ay, ~mooa: beco~ng grayish-brown <br />and deeply ~owed wi~ sc~y ridges. Range: Naive, <br />not, em and e~em Minnesota: ~dy to Zone <br />Remark: ~te~ediate in shade tolerance; <br />growing; longqived. Once called the "Mon~cb of ce <br />No~," e~tem whim pine is cbc t~gest coniferous <br />in Mi~esota and w~ ~e most impomnt timber <br />m ~e ummd States 2om about 1700 m 1920. Bn~sb <br />aEem~m to consol white ~ine h~esung for use in ~e <br />Roy~ Navy cou~buted to ~e ~enc~ Revolution. <br />Reesmblishmenceffom have been slowed by white pine <br />btisrer ~t (a dise~e) and heavy deer browsing. <br />A~acfive C~stm~ ~ee ~d ommenta/species ~at <br />su~ives on a wide vme~ of well-drained sites. <br /> <br />Eastern <br />White Pine <br /> <br />Section Two-Coniferous Trees <br /> <br />,·:4.:.-.;' .'~z-; .... <br /> <br />104 <br /> <br /> <br />