Around here, folks who aren't foresters use the term for both pitch pine and red pine. I gave up correcting folks years ago unless they're my client or in an educational setting that commands correcting. Same goes for the rock vs. sugar maple and soft vs. red maple word gaming...
Michele > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
