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Pinus resinosa, known as red pine[2][3] (also Norway pine in Minnesota), [4] is a pine native to Eastern North America. [5] Red pine is a coniferous evergreen tree characterized by tall, straight growth. [6] .
Red pine (Pinus resinosa), also called Norway pine, is one of the most extensively planted species in the northern United States and Canada. It is a medium-size tree with lightweight, close-grained, pale reddish wood used primarily for timber and pulpwood.
Red pine is a coniferous evergreen tree characterized by tall, straight growth. [6] It usually ranges from 20–35 metres (66–115 feet) in height and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in trunk diameter, exceptionally reaching 43.77 m (143 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) tall. [7] The crown is conical, becoming a narrow rounded dome with age.
Pinus resinosa (Red Pine) is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree of conical habit with a straight trunk, spreading and ascending branches, and a narrowly rounded crown.
A more disease-resistant tree than the more common white pine, the red pine played a crucial role in reclaiming depleted soils, stabilizing eroded areas, and providing habitat diversity, though its monoculture plantation aspect is being reconsidered today.
Red Pines (Pinus resinosa) are a good source of wild food. Identify red pine via pictures, habitat, height, bark, leaves, buds and flowers.
General: Red pine (Pinus resinosa) is a medium sized tree, up to twenty-five meters high and seventy-five centimeters in diameter (Farar 1995). The leaves are soft and flexible evergreen needles, in clusters of two, slender, 4”-6” long, dark green borne in dense tufts at the ends of branchlets.