Very good, It's always a treat to hear what West Virgninia has in terms of big trees.
Dale On 9/23/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dale: > > The Virginia pine is just a few miles away from where I live. As soon as > the brush dies down a little more I'll go back and try for a more accurate > measurement. > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Luthringer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 12:50 am > Subject: [ENTS] Re: "yellow" pine > > > Thanks, Russ, > > A 6'5" CBH Virginia pine, would most likely be a new state champ for PA, > but we've got very few in our database. I don't know of any natural > Virginia pine up near Cook Forest's latitude, but down in SE PA, or near the > Maryland border, some can be found. > > Dale > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
