I have searched the web over and over and I cannot find a seriously in-depth site. I think my trees are a type of white pine- long, soft light green needles and branches that break easily under the weight of ice or heavy snow. The bark is grayish and the sap is white. the cones are slender- 4 to 8 inches in length. Right now, the trees are approximately 20 years old and range from 10 to 15 feet in height. In the Fall, some of the needles turn brown and blanket the ground below the trees. As a matter of fact, within the thickest clusters of trees, the ground is a soft carpet of needles that have fallen over the years. I've yet to find this tree on line.
2007-02-19 11:38:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It does sound like a white pine, but the best way to start id is to pull the needle bundle off the stem and count how many are in the bundle. White pine is a five needle pine, black pine is two, and so on. If they are not in bundles, look for another conifer, like spruce or fir. Larches and dawn redwood are conifers that drop all their needles in the fall, so if you are saying that all the needles fall, look for deciduous conifers. It is difficult without a picture or sample to identify the evergreens, so you have to do a little detective work.
There is a good site that will help you, on the left upper corner is a drop down menu with gymnosperm (conifers) families. Start with pinaceae (pine family) and go from there. Site link:
http://www.conifers.org
Good luck
2007-02-19 12:06:27 · answer #1 · answered by marianne_whitehead 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Evergreen is a classification of trees that stay green all year. A Pine is a type of evergreen (typically long needles). A spruce is a short-needled evergreen, and is also a good Christmas tree. There are many types of Pine or Spruce trees, as well.
2016-03-29 03:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok if the pine is very thick and full it most likely is a fully sheared white pine they go through a few years of shearing before they are sold so they will be very full and stay that way.all of the shearing will make the branches weak and break they shead a little each year to put on new growth they can go over 40 feet tall from a person that grows trees in tennessee
2007-02-20 01:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.treehelp.com
2007-02-19 11:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋