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Branchlets

Cones and bud

Open cone

Name

Pinus resinosa Aiton, Hortus Kew. (W. Aiton) 3: 367 (1789).
[Red pine, Norway pine (named as such after the homeland of the men who logged it in America)]

Description

coni.jpg (1210 bytes), Wikipedia

Notes

An important timber tree and widely planted in eastern Canada and north eastern America. Large areas of dunes have been stabilised using P. resinosa.

Natural Distribution

E Canada, NE U.S.A.