Michele:
I'm going to be up in a couple of weeks for Jake's wedding.? I hope I get a chance for a Negus walk.? One thing I am going to do for certain is go and measure the largest old red pine at my parents place.? The last time I measured it was probably 20 years ago and at the time I think is was over 25" in diameter.? It will be good to see you.? Russ? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Sep 18, 2009 7:09 pm Subject: [ENTS] Re: "yellow" pine Hey Russell; I always knew there were a lot of questions surrounding you (hah,hah!!) but it seems that you are sending out a lot of questions into cyberspace with this last post... curious indeed!!! Michele PS ENTS: am I the only one seeing all these question marks? Must be suppertime. PS Russ: don't forget to call me when you're up... Negus awaits... did you contact your cousin yet? ********************************************************************** > > Dale: > > > > In portions of West Virginia where there are scattered native shortleaf > pine they are pretty much universally called yellow pine.? There is no > different name for white pine and Virginia pine is sometimes called? field > pine.??? People often recognize?pitch pine because of the epicormic > sprouts but the one that always surprised me was that shortleaf pine has > longer needles than any pine I spent most of my life working with or > around....but it was still called "shortleaf".?? > > > > An old procurement forester for WestVaco once told me that yellow pine was > one of their preferred species and when I inquired as to exactly what he > meant by "yellow pine" and he went into a lot of detail into shortleaf > pine and its utility.? > > > > The majority of the shortleaf pine trees I encounter are fairly large and > quite old and highly scattered....I don't know the last time I saw a > native shortleaf seedling or sapling.? > > > > A little while ago I encountered a Virginia pine that was over 6.5' > CBH....is?that at?all significant? > > > > Russ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Luthringer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, Sep 18, 2009 2:42 pm > Subject: [ENTS] "yellow" pine > > > > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
