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Pine Trees
Pine trees are conifers. They are often grown commercially for timber. Pine trees have a long life span, sometimes up to 1,000 years old.
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How do pine trees interact with other organisms?
The pine bark beetle is a parasite. The pine beetle lays its eggs in the pine trees, and then when the babies are born, they eat the layers of the tree which stops the tree from growing.
The average height for a pine is forty to sixty feet, although there are some that reach the lofty heights of seventy to eighty feet (Norway Pine and Ponderosa Pine, respectively), and the Western White Pine which may reach one-hundred and ten feet.
How many liters of water does a pine tree need on a hot day?
full grown eastern white pine can drink up to 100 gallons a day during a hot summer day.
Can you trench close to a pine tree?
It all depends. Pine Trees, especially the Slash Pine in Florida are very sensitive to changes in the ground around them. You see many old pines left on land where new houses/ buildings are added. They seem fine for years, and then comes the decline. They are expensive and difficult to take down because they are so tall.
I would not use heavy machinery within 25-30' of a pine. Once, probably wouldn't cause a problem...but nothing repeated... Hand trenching is different. You wouldn't disrupt the root structure as much that way. I would say 3-5' from the trunk would be safe.
Depending on size, thickness, age etc, your looking at 3+ tons.
Do pine tree vascular or non- vascular plant?
The white pine (Pinus strobus) used to be call the "mast pine" as it was the wood of choice for the mast of tall sailing ships. Vascular means "tubes that carry fluid". In humans these are the veins and arteries. In plants, they are called xylem and phloem, and pine trees do have these tubes to carry & distribute water, nutrients, leaf products, etc. An example of a nonvascular plant would be "lower plants" such as algae and bryophytes.
Do any pine trees have flowers before pine cones?
no, pine trees are gymnosperms and only produce cones, never flowers
Where is a seed located on a pine tree?
Pine nuts grow in the cones. When the cones open, revealing the nuts, birds and squirrels take the nuts before the cone falls from the tree, so it is very difficult to find pine nuts in the wild.
This silversmith minted a new coin called the pine tree shilling what was his name?
In 1652 the Massachusetts General Court appointed John Hull as mintmaster for the Boston mint and Robert Sanderson as his assistant. It's not known if either one was a silversmith but they were responsible for the Willow Tree, Oak Tree and Pine Tree Coinage.
Is a pine tree a needle leaf tree?
Yes. They are needle leaf trees just like spruces, firs, hemlocks, larches, cedars, and many others. You can usually tell a pine tree because they will have longer leaves (maybe 3 to 9 inches) than the other needle leaf trees and they are anganged in bundles of 2-5, depending on the species.
You mean carniferous? It's a tree whose leaves change color during Fall. ~Kidiu
Describe how a pine tree produses seeds?
When the pine tree meets a nother pine and their roots rub togther.
Why do pine trees grow faster in summer than in winter?
Biochemistry, light, temperature and water describe why pine trees grow faster in summer than in winter. Reduced daylight, moisture, nutrients and temperature slow sunlit interactions down so that fewer sugars are made for such life-sustaining activities as photosynthesis and respiration in winter. Summer supports growth because of the abundant moisture, high-angled sun and warm temperatures activating enzymes while winter tends to be a time for pine trees to break down and remake proteins, maintain cell membranes and recycle magnesium, nitrogen and phosphates.
What temperature do pine trees like?
Some pine trees can tolerate extreme temperatures but they can be prone to plagues in areas with long hot summers. I've also observed that locations enduring hot summers and recording subfreezing or near freezing temperatures during winter for at least a few hours per year are likely to favor the survival of pine trees. Areas with a temperate climate all year round also seem to make a good habitat for them.
Tree with needle-shaped leaves?
Such a tree would normally be called a broadleaf, and would be a hardwood. Oak and sycamore would be examples. The broadness of a leaf is not a perfect descriptor however; for example, many palms have leaves of 40mm or so wide. Nevertheless, they are not even considered true trees!
What are two differences between a pine tree and a staghorn fern?
The fern looks like a plant when the pine tree looks like a normal tree? (I don't weather its correct)
Will vinegar kill spruce and pine tree roots that are coming out of the ground?
No,it helps the tree grow bigger and stronger.It can also make it grow faster.
What phylum does pine tree belong to?
Actually, its not Dicotyledones. It is in the Plant Phylum Tracheophyta.
No, pine trees are not flowering plants.
There are actually two types of seed bearing plants. There are gymnosperms, where the seeds develop on a surface, such as a pine cone. Gymnosperms do not flower. Then there are angiosperms, where the seeds develop within an ovary. Angiosperms are what we commonly call flowering plants.
Pine trees are gymnosperms, so they only produce cones and never flowers. The cones work as the male and female parts of the tree. The long tubular parts are the male cones, and they are covered in pollen. The larger brown pine cone that we are used to seeing have seeds under each little prong of the cone. They are the female cone.
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