Thanks, Don, No, I don't have pictures, but it's likely we'll see a video of an old ancient "yellow pine" at the ENTS Rendezvous at Cook Forest here next weekend.
Dale On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:04 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > Dale- > Some partial help here...you are exactly on the crux of why 'common names' > aren't reliable. Regional variations in 'local nomenclature' are remarkably > intransient...even in today's age of multi-threaded communications systems. > > I'll not weigh in on Penn. woods, as I'm not knowledgeable there. > > But I can tell you that much of the West (west of Rockies) refers to Pinus > ponderosa as a yellow pine, particularly in its mature phase. Its bark > retains a darker pigmentation until age and size causes the bark to 'plate > out', exposing large yellow to gold (and with hybridization with > Jeffrey pine) to red-brown platy bark, and darker furrows...these plates can > be a foot across and 2-3 foot tall on larger trees. And per recent posts, > they have a very pleasant aroma when sniffed up close. > > Do you have pictures? > -don > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:42:05 -0400 > Subject: [ENTS] "yellow" pine > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
