Pine ID
- Thread starter ecampbell
- Start date
the white pine looks feathery with darker needles then pitch and lighter thinner needles always in bundles of five as opposed to bundles of three twisted needles for pitch.Also pitch pine needles when crushed smell like tangerine peels where white pine smells more like what you would expect from pine.
That citrus smell of the pitch pine needles is one of my favorite things. If you grab a bunch and twist them it releases an intense smell that I find really intoxicating.
I have never tried but I wonder if you held a match to em like orange peels when you squeeze em if they would spit flames? Probably why barrens fires are so intense?Have you ever lit a green scrub oak leaf with a match? They fizzle and spit from the waxy coating.
Another smell I love is shaved Sassafras root.I often dig one up and carry it through the day and shave it every now and then to bring the smell back.Pine roots smell quite good to.
Another smell I love is shaved Sassafras root.I often dig one up and carry it through the day and shave it every now and then to bring the smell back.Pine roots smell quite good to.
Sassafras root always reminds me of froot loops cereal. Another favorite is, of course, teaberry. I love handing a crushed leaf to someone and asking 'wintergreen or root beer?' after they smell it.
I've never eaten the berries, I wasn't sure what I'd be in for. Only eaten wild blueberries, cranberries and huckleberries in the woods. I'll have to try one.
I forgot to mention something to the OP, I may be wrong, but whenever I see white pine in the Pine Barrens, I associate them with the CCC and assume that they are part of a pine plantation. I know that in the 30's, the CCC planted some white pine in various spots. Could anyone comment on this if they have more info?
I forgot to mention something to the OP, I may be wrong, but whenever I see white pine in the Pine Barrens, I associate them with the CCC and assume that they are part of a pine plantation. I know that in the 30's, the CCC planted some white pine in various spots. Could anyone comment on this if they have more info?
IIRC, there is a stand of those white pines marked with a sign on Stage Road near Bass River S.F.
I found this photo in front of a stand of white pines off of Allen Rd. just north of Stage Rd. near Bass River SF on Saturday.
The CCC had a lot to do with building NJ's park system. I've been told that the reason they planted the white pines was that they believed they were desirable for lumber and that they figured about the time the trees were mature the buildings they built would need repair or replacement and that the trees could be harvested to provide lumber for the project. I think in Bass River SP there are also some older stands that were planted by someone else.
Yes the CCC planted many many white pines and as Gibby mentioned, Lebanon is full up them. I noticed that the white pines don't seem to procreate in the pines. That doesn't seem to make sense but it seems that way. I only notice them in the nurserys and near old dwellings.
Jeff
Jeff
Belleplain state forest has several nice white pine groves and the young pines are spreading out from their edges.I think the soil is richer down here though.They are surrounded by oak woods.
White Pine is Moderately fire resistant; mature trees survive most surface fires due to thick bark, branch-free trunks, and a moderately deep rooting habit. (Younger trees are not as fire resistant.) Needles have relatively low resin content so are not highly flammable.
http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/trees/pinusstrob.html
http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/trees/pinusstrob.html