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[1] [2] These categorizations can be generally accepted as a tree planting guide for each region. [12] However, specific site conditions should be considered for any particular location. [13] Likewise, consult the Texas Tree Planting Guide for recommendations.
Fossilized white pine leaves and pollen have been discovered by Brian Axsmith, a paleobotanist at the University of South Alabama, in the Gulf Coastal Plain, where the tree no longer occurs. [14] Eastern white pine forests originally covered much of north-central and northeastern North America.
Western white pine is a large tree, regularly growing to 30–50 metres (98–164 ft) tall. It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus , and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five, [ 5 ] with a deciduous sheath.
Pinus strobiformis, a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, is a straight, slender tree growing to 30 metres (98 ft) (rarely 40 metres (130 ft)) tall and 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. The bark is smooth and silvery-grey on young trees, aging to furrowed and red-brown or dark grey-brown. The branches are spreading and ascending.
Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), another of these species from western North America, was also sometimes known as White Pine; Chinese white pine (Pinus armandii), a species native to China; Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora), a species native to Japan; Vietnamese white pine (Pinus dalatensis), a species native to Vietnam and Laos
Uplands (aka: longleaf pine-bluestem uplands; [6] dry upland forests; [27] [26] longleaf pine uplands [5] [11]) In its natural state, this ecosystem is often described as having a park-like appearance, with widely spaced pine and oak trees, and grasses growing in the partially shaded open areas. Longleaf pine-bluestem grass uplands are most ...
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Pinus remota is a small tree or large shrub, reaching 3–10 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 40 cm. The bark is thick, rough, and scaly. The leaves ('needles') are in mixed pairs and threes (mostly pairs), slender, 3–5 cm long, and dull gray-green, with stomata on both inner and outer surfaces.