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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11pennx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Ill it 76 WHITE PINE Pinus Strobus, Linnaeus FORM-At i,n.«cnt s.ldom cxco.din« 8 ft. in diameter and 125 ft in ;»-^«J-^-X%f;jf i'; , u ^ 11 /« ^ ft in diameter Wlien grown in dense stands (IMgs. 1 and li) me "ees u^ MU '.ttalVht trerf^m Ute.^' branchesSor . eonalderable a.atance tr«n ">« Â«^nd have mt'e rmti.rTnd'.>..Uow crowns. When .rown .« "". "i^-^^-^^'.^tS T'eraT i^ncheS Fig. 65). TWIG^SIender. flexible, at first hairy, slightly ^^X'^l^Z^lZLKrireotTv^^C at first light green and erect. During first winter light brown in color, less erect v» very resinous if punctured. BUDS-In terminal cluster, ovate-oblong. «harp-polnted with "7«XntTr'an^nTJong and overlapping scales. Apical bud i-J of an inch long. Lateral buds about i of an inch long LEAVES-Light green when young and bluish-green. «««. flex'^^e 2i-5 ^^^^^^^J^n^^^X mature; persist usually until end of second season oc^r in ^ers^o^^^^^^^ cross-section, contain one fibro-vascular bundle, have finely serrate cages at the base by a decidiious sheath. .eZ^^!^r"v3TL^n^b rrp^.,ranârr :^.f r ria^;::.t= along new^wth. pinkish-purple, cylindrical, about i of an inch long. FRUIT-A cone maturing in two senBons. 5-10 Inches long, drooping, stalked slightly curved anrrveriwlTtS^ilaLed scales without ^^r. "^^'^^^der'wn^ whTch S^^ Almost white. Weighs 24 lb«. per cubic f^t J^^^ ( - f â!'except whe': of purposes than any other native species and adapted '«^ P"***^*!^"/ reauirS strength, hardiness, flexibility and durability In contact with soil are required. DISTINOUISHINa CHARACTERISTICS-The White Pine is the^nl^ ""^^ Z^'^^^t TatS S^^lSherrr^srffn fi:.X^.^^T.^l.^Sr^^ -cones are 5-10 inches lonriong-stalked. and their cone-scales are thin. flat, and unarmed. RANGi^Newfoundland to Manitoba on the north, south through "O^hern states to Penn- sylvania and along the Allegheny Mountains to Georgia, and southwest to Iowa. DISTRIBUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA^ommon in t^e mountainous portion of the Sta^e. OrTginally formed heavy stands especially in the central ^-\ZJ'rZ^ontLZeTTn6. Sh- times pure but usuaUy mixed with other species. ^^0""^ ^J^^'^^^.^ \" ^^^ RareirfS at present eastern parts where it is usually limited to cool ravines and ^""'^^ ^^""J^^.^^l^'^^^ ^ few in valleys like the Cumberland. Lancaster. Chester, lower Lehigh and lower Delaware, renmants of original White Pine remain in northwestern Pennsylvania. WABITATâPrefers a fertile, moist, well-drained soil, but will grow well on dry sfndy soils swamps and ridges exposed to severe winds. IMPORTANCE OF THE SPECIES-Whlte Pine Is one of the most in^ortant ^l^^^J^^^^^^ iablawL. I. adapt. l«.f to a great variety of ~» ^I""" ^.'^XttiriS' LtZ t tractive onuunentally. and viU thrive In pure or '>^«'» »«"°^\"^'^° ^"'lal return, from '^L:^:-L^A"^ro.:^rz.r^ iT:^^'f.rr.ti:. deve.op.eât., seedlings and plantations In Fig. 14 and Figs. 16-20.
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i PLATE XII. WHITE PINE 1. Uniiicli with needles niul tenniuiil chister of lni'ls, x \. 2. A cluster of five needles, x h. :i. Tip (if needle with siuirply serrate niar«iii, cnliUfieil. 4. Braneh with staniinate tU»wers, x I. ,, ,i . ->.,.. ,....â â .,M ....iic .m hist season's :âº. Hranch w tli (a) pistillate liowers -mi n<w ;;T.)wth do one-H'ai old <<'iiuwer side of a eone scale, x h. ^ 5. I'pper side of a eone scale with two winjied set (ts, x â .. y. A Avinged seed, x *. 10. A seed, natural size. 11. Seetion of seed with end>r.v(», natural size. 12. A seedling, x J.

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