The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . und,with stout twigs. Bark shallowly furrowed into flat, scalyridges, reddish brown, rich in tannin; branches rough, pale red, light, hard, resinous; sap wood yellow or conical, tapering, with loose, red scales. Leaves in clustersof twos, from close, persistent sheaths, \ inch long; needle-like, dark green, 6 inches long, sharp pointed, flexible semi-circular in cross section, toothed near tip, with rows of pale dotslengthwise. Flowers: staminate red, abunda
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . und,with stout twigs. Bark shallowly furrowed into flat, scalyridges, reddish brown, rich in tannin; branches rough, pale red, light, hard, resinous; sap wood yellow or conical, tapering, with loose, red scales. Leaves in clustersof twos, from close, persistent sheaths, \ inch long; needle-like, dark green, 6 inches long, sharp pointed, flexible semi-circular in cross section, toothed near tip, with rows of pale dotslengthwise. Flowers: staminate red, abundant, clustered at baseof seasons shoot; pistillate 1 to 3, terminal, peduncled, red-dish, oval. Fruits ovate, 1 to 3 inches long, standing at rightangles with stem; biennial; scales thickened, 4-angled at apex,unarmed; seeds winged. Preferred habitat, dry, sandy plainsand rocky ridges. Distribution, southern Canada, NorthernStates from Maine to Minnesota; south to Pennsylvania. Uses:Most picturesque and desirable of pitch pines for ornamentalplanting in the North; grows rapidly from seed; free from insect 46.
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