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Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine)
Habit and parking lot at Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort, Nevada.
December 23, 2007
Golden Monterey Pine, needles 2 or 3, Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, SF, CA, species native to coastal Central CA
Scientific name: Pinus strobus
Common name: Eastern white pine
Family: Pinaceae
In pre-colonial New England the eastern white pine easily reached heights over 150 feet, making it very desirable to the British who harvested eastern white pine for ship masts. Its soft, pliable needles are arranged in bundles of five. Producing cones at a very early age, the eastern white pine’s seeds quickly germinate in open areas.
Common name: Shortleaf Pine
Scientific name: Pinus echinata
Picture takin in Dickson City, PA outside the Viewmont Mall.
ID: Grows up to 100 ft tall with a pyramid-shaped crown. Needles are flexible, normally grow in bundles of 2, and are 3-5 in in length. Bark is reddish-brown with scaly plates. (Kricher & Morrison, 1988)
For more information on this and other pines: cricket.biol.sc.edu/acmoore/pinesofSC.html
Western white pine was especially common in the area of Palisades Creek, north of Mather Pass, and northward into Yosemite National Park. Five needles per fascicle and long cones and with fairly fragile scales form a distinctive combination. This area lies along Palisade Creek and the Golden Staircase just below Palisade Lakes.
Pinus pinaster (Maritime pine, cluster pine)
Habitat and campground at Hosmers Grove Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
March 29, 2012
Species from California
Common name: Gray Pine
The only Pine species found inside the Monument
Photographed on the Balconies Cliffs Trail, Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito County, California
Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), Pine family (Pinaceae).
Around Lake Mary, Brighton, Utah; elevation 2910 m.
Thanks to Bryant Olsen for the species name corection.
Global warming caused these alpine areas to become warmer, allowing for younger trees to establish. These smaller samplings are only about 50 years old whereas the acient ones are several thousand years old.
These trees are probably 3000-4000 years old. It is hard for a mere human to grasp that scale standing next to these ancient organisms.