Hi Folks, Thanks for all your replies. That helps narrow things down a bit on this end.
Dale On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
