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Origin Northeastern North America
As the social-ecological-agricultural transformation of the New England landscape into patches of woodlots, pasture, and planting fields (the majority of land was open fields by the early 1800’s) shifted towards another phase of transformation during industrialization and urbanization –as happened here in Worcester at the crown headwaters region of the Blackstone River- white pines quickly established populations on old abandoned farmland by outcompeting and growing faster than other trees. The “old field white pine” forests became so abundant across the northeastern U.S. that forest mappers identified much of New England as the “ White Pine Region” at the turn of last century.
The overall trend of forest regeneration during industrialization continued through to the post-industrial present where 60-95% of New England landscape is now forest cover. White pine populations began to decrease in the late 1800’s, however, due to the development of a logging industry that now centers on the hardwood species ( oak, maple, beech, etc.) that grew in succession under white pine trees and upon cut pinelands. White pine wood was used for building containers such as boxes and barrels, as well as for ship masts during colonial times due to its ability to grow tall and straight.
One winter day just before the new year of 1852, Henry David Thoreau, stood on Fair Haven Hill in Concord, and observed two men sawing down a white (“noble”) pine. He eulogized the felled tree, stating “ a plant which has taken two centuries to perfect, rising by slow stages into the heavens, has this afternoon ceased to exist….why does not the village bell sound a knell”. Acutely aware of the likely diminishment of wildlife, Thoreau wondered about a hen-hawk that “will mourn for the pines lofty enough to protect her brood.”
Endlessly observant and inquisitive, however, Thoreau returned the next day to measure the tree’s age and height and found the 105 foot tree was only ninety-four years old, while an even taller (115 ft) and slight older (ninety-six) white pine – four feet in diameter- was lying beside it; a testimony to how fast the white pine could grow. Thoreau’s follow through represents science and poetry intertwined.
The tallest living white pine is 167 feet tall ( a dozen feet shy of the Holy Name wind turbine hub), growing in a deeply forested area with rich soils (PA state). Trees growing in exposed areas are much shorter due to losing their leaders from events such as ice storms, wherein the tree forms flat tops. The central Massachusetts Ice Storm of 2008 caused wide spread felling and leader loss of white pines; gun cracking sounds were created at night as leaders and branches snapped and fell to the ground.
White pines needlelike leaves, in groups of five; cones are 4 to 7 inches in length, and with age bark become thick, broad, with rectangular ridges. White pines are also abundant in Northeast swamps. Can tolerate long periods of wet and dry soil.
Family: Pine
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: sun to partial sun
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 7
edited with fake velvia tonal curve in gimp. Yes, i could have used a 'real' camera in the first place, the dslr is nice for practicing though. When i got a bit experience, i likely switch back to film :-)
Pinus longaeva, southern White Mountains, along White Mountain Road near the S boundary of the Bristlecone Pine Forest Reserve, Inyo Co., CA, 14 Jul 2015.
Solitäre Waldkiefer (Pinus sylvestris) im Naturschutzgebiet Gewann Frankreich-Wiesental - als einzeln stehender Baum hat die Waldkiefer ein viel "pinienhafteres" Erscheinungsbild als im Wald
Zone: 2-8
Height: 6-8ft tall and wide
Scotch Pine has bluish-green to green foliage which usually turns yellowish green in winter. Orange bark on the trunk and major limbs peels in papery flakes, and is visible through the canopy.
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Zone: 4-7
Height: 30-40ft. tall and 15-20ft. wide
Swiss Stone Pine is a slow-growing, medium-sized pine with a narrow pyramidal shape in its youth, gradually becoming rounded and more open as it matures. Soft, dark green needles appear in bundles of five. Short-stalked, oblong cones are greenish purple when young, maturing to purplish-brown.
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Zone: 2-8
Height: 6-8ft tall and wide
Scotch Pine has bluish-green to green foliage which usually turns yellowish green in winter. Orange bark on the trunk and major limbs peels in papery flakes, and is visible through the canopy.
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Zone: 4-7
Height: 40-60 ft. tall and 30-50 ft. wide
Deer Resistant
Pitch Pine is an evergreen with an irregular, globular form; twisting, gnarled, drooping branches; and scaly, reddish-brown bark which eventually becomes black. Stiff, yellow-green needles, in clusters of three, eventually turn dark-green.
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Pinus albicaulis (whitebark pine) shows little if any evidence of being infected by blister rust in this region. This is no doubt whitebark pine because no intact seed-bearing cones were evident whereas lots of shattered cone scales littered the understory. According to Dr. Cathy Cripps, MSU, the mushroom in the photo looks like Neolentinus ponderosus (photos are good enough for a certain identification). It would not be mycorrhizal but a weak parasite usually found on the stumps of conifers (e.g., often in logging situations). This mushroom has not been observed to coexist strictly with whitebark pine and is usually found on on stumps of 2-3 needle pines and possibly other conifers.
Pinus patula (Mexican weeping pine)
Habitat and clouds rolling in view Puu Nianiau at Front Country Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
June 03, 2009
Zone: 2-8
Height: 6-8ft tall and wide
Scotch Pine has bluish-green to green foliage which usually turns yellowish green in winter. Orange bark on the trunk and major limbs peels in papery flakes, and is visible through the canopy.
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Whitebark pine is common but patchy in occurrence in this area with much variation in the distribution of age-classes (young, middle-aged, and dead and dying comprise most populations) and no (or at least not much in the way of) signs of disease (e.g., blister rust and animal predation of oozing bark). This site lies just north of Pinchot Pass in the the Lake Marjorie basin, Sierra Nevada, Fresno County, California.
Species from southeastern North America
Common name: Loblolly Pine
Photographed in the South Fourche Botanical Area, Ouachita National Forest, Perry County, Arkansas
Pin des Canaries - Canary Island pine - Pino canario
Pinus canariensis C.Sm. (cône femelle)
Forêt (alt. 1830 m)
Vilaflor de Chasna (Ténériffe, Canaries, Espagne)
Indigène (Canaries occidentales)
Limber pine is very common in the Big Snowy Mountains especially on the exposed rocky ridges. It is also sporadic among the dense stands of Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) was not found in the area of the Big Snowy Mountains. Limber pine was genetically identified here using chloroplast DNA markers.
Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine)
Needles at Childrens Discovery Loop Red Rocks, Nevada.
December 26, 2007
Solitäre Waldkiefern (Pinus sylvestris) am Rand vom Naturschutzgebiet Gewann Frankreich-Wiesental - als einzeln stehender Baum hat die Waldkiefer ein ganz anderes Erscheinungsbild als im Wald
Limber pine is very common in the Big Snowy Mountains especially on the exposed rocky ridges. It is also sporadic among the dense stands of Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) was not found in the area of the Big Snowy Mountains. Limber pine was genetically identified here using chloroplast DNA markers.
Ausgewachsene und junge Waldkiefern (Pinus sylvestris) auf einer Rodungsfläche mit natürlicher Waldverjüngung im Schwetzinger Hardt