Pines Flashcards
1
Q
- Needles in clusters of 3; very long
- Zone 3-7
- Cones are egg shaped; 3-6 in.
- Bark on older leaves forms flaky yellow plates
- Needles longer than cone
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Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine)
2
Q
- tall and narrow
- Needles in clusters of 2; around the same size as the cone (3 in or less)
- needles are sparse and yellow/green
- bark is yellow and scaly
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Pinus contorta (Lodgepole Pine)
3
Q
- Largest cones of any pine tree, up to 20 inches long
- Needles are blue/green and 2-4 inches long; much shorter than the cones
- Needles in bunches of 5
- Sweet sap oozes from wounds
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Pinus lambertiana (Sugar pine)
4
Q
- The longest living life forms on earth
- needles are short and grow in “fox tails” in clusters of 5
- Needles are 3/4 the size of the cones
- Grow in dry desert mountains
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Pinus longaeva (Bristlecone Pine)
5
Q
- Tall with limbs growing in horizontal whorled spokes
- Needles are thin, 2-4 in long, and in bundles of 5
- Cones are slender, 3-10 in long
- Wood is light, soft, and straight grained
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Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine)
6
Q
- sold commercially as “yellow pine”
- harder and more resinous wood
- 30-40 feet tall
- needles are 2-3 inches long in clusters of 2
- branches are difficult to snap and break
- cones are egg shaped and 2-3 inches long
- cone scales are tipped with tiny thorns
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Pinus virginiana (Virginia Pine)
7
Q
- 15-40 feet tall
- scrubby tree; needles in clusters of 2 and 1-1.5 inches long
- cones are about 2 inches long; usually curved or bulging on one side
- fires cause the cones to release their seeds
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Pinus banksiana (Jack Pine)
8
Q
- 50-80 feet tall
- 4-6 inch needles in clusters of 2
- cones are small and round without thorns, about 2 inches
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Pinus resinosa (Red Pine)
9
Q
- needles are 5-10 inches long; clusters in both 2 and 3
- buds are rusty silver
- cones are 3-6 inches long
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Pinus elliottii (SlashPine)
10
Q
- needles are 6-9 inches long and in clusters of 3
- end buds are brown
- cones are 3-6 inches long and prickly
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Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine)
11
Q
- 3-5 inch needles usually in clusters of 2
- cones are small, up to 3 inches long and scales have weak prickles
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Pinus echinata (Short leaf Pine)
12
Q
- needles are 4-8 inches and in clusters of 3
- trunk sprouts are often present
- cones are 2-3 inches and nearly round; prickles are weak or absent
- cones often remain attached
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Pinus serotina (Pond Pine)
13
Q
- Very long needles in groups of 3
- cones are 6-10 inches long
- silver/white end buds
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Pinus palustris (long leaf pine)
14
Q
- pinyon pine
- clusters of one single needle, but sheathed at the base
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Pinus monophylla (single leafed pinyon)
15
Q
- pinyon pine
- needles in clusters of 2
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Pinus edulis (2-needled pinyon)
