Pinus resinosa
Common name:
Red Pine
Pronunciation:
PI-nus rez-in-O-sa
Family:
Pinaceae
Genus:
Type:
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
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- Conifer, evergreen tree, 25-50 ft (7.5-15 m), stout spreading branches, sometimes pendulous, broad pyramidal head. Bark red-brown, shallowly fissured and scaly. Needles in bundles of two, flexible, 12-17 cm long. Seed cone conic-ovoid, symmetrical, 4-6 cm long, nut-brown, falling the 3rd year.
- Sun or partial shade
- Hardy to USDA Zone 3 Native from Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Minnesota, Michigan, and the mountains of Pennsylvania.
- resinosa: Latin, resinous
- Portland, Oregon: Hoyt Arboretum
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plant habit
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branch tip
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male cones and needles
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developing seed cone and needles
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developing seed cone and needles
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cone and needle cluster
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mature seed cones
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trunk, bark
