I have "yellow pine" in my house and my dad once said that it was a southern Hard Pine, it does cut like hardwood.
Will? Gary Prof. Gary A. Beluzo Systems Ecologist Holyoke Comm College 303 Homestead Ave Holyoke, MA. 01040 On Sep 18, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Dale Luthringer <[email protected] > wrote: > ENTS, > > I often have folks ask about "yellow" pine at Cook Forest. I'm not > entirely sure what exact species they're talking about. They often > think that "yellow" pine is it's own species. A quick search of the > term on the internet suggests the term "yellow" pine is often made > towards a group of pine in the genus Pinus, but doesn't give an > official name, kind of like calling any pine found, "yellow" pine. > > I'm thinking that they're most likely either talking about the > park's pitch pine, or possibly more likely... a fond nickname for > the ancient large old growth pine found here. > > Can anyone clear this up for me? These folks even go far back as > claiming it as an old forestry term used to describe pine, but they > still can't distinguish an actual species. > > Thanks, > > Dale > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
