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Native Trees of Prince Edward IslandRed Pine (Pinus resinosa)
Red Pine occurs mainly in three separate areas in PEI. These areas are around Murray River, Fort Agustus and New London.
It's best development occurs on deep loamy sand or gravel, but will grow on a great variety of sites. Here, it grows in pure stands also mixed with spruce and balsam fir. It attains a height of 60 feet with a diameter of 1 1/2 feet.
The wood is darker, stronger and heavier than white pine and is therefore more valuable as structural timbers. Cresote readily penetrates the thick sapwood and is used for poles and piling.
Source:"Native Trees of Prince Edward Island and the more Common Woodland Shrubs". by J.F. Gaudet and W.M. Profitt Dept. of Agriculture. Charlottetown, PEI. 1958.
Red pine is easily idenitified by it's two very long and stiff needles, as compared to white pine, which has five soft needles.
Red pine tree.
Red pine branch with cones.
Red pine needles.
Red pine typical tree form.
Red pine cone typical form.
For more pictures and descriptions of this species, check out the CFS N.B. Trees Page, the
Handbook of Maritime Trees and the Iowa State University Dendrology page and the Dendrology at Virginia Tech Page and the Virtual Foliage Homepage. For a review of the ecology of this species, refer to the Silvics of North America and the The Natural History of the Northwoods.
In 1806, John Stewart wrote an excellent description of Forest Trees and Other Vegetable Productions on PEI at that time.
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