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== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
[[Image:example.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | [[Image:example.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | ||
The Western white pine is a very large trees this tree is usually 30-50 m tall, they have even found a 70m western white pine, If you look at the needles on the tree you can see that at they are 5-13 cm long.[http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/forest/westwhite.htm]The cones are long and skinny, 12-32 cm long and 3-4 cm broad. If you look at the cones scales they are flexible and can reach out to 5-8 cm. | The Western white pine is a very large trees this tree is usually 30-50 m tall, they have even found a 70m western white pine, If you look at the needles on the tree you can see that at they are 5-13 cm long.[http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/forest/westwhite.htm]The cones are long and skinny, 12-32 cm long and 3-4 cm broad. If you look at the cones scales they are flexible and can reach out to 5-8 cm. | ||
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'''''*Flower-''''' | '''''*Flower-''''' | ||
The cones on the pine are very small, yellow and very clustered at the very ends of the braches. But when you looks at the female cones they are much longer, there greenish- pink, and they are also toward the front of the braches.[http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-tree/idaho.html] | The cones on the pine are very small, yellow and very clustered at the very ends of the braches. But when you looks at the female cones they are much longer, there greenish- pink, and they are also toward the front of the braches.[http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-tree/idaho.html] | ||
[http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-tree/idaho.html] | [http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-tree/idaho.html]The pine produces seeds/cones every year. It begins when the tree is very young around the age of 10. The cone growth is mostly common the third and forth of each year in the growing season. In August to September you will find this is when the seeds are in there full growing stage. [http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/usda/amwood/258wwhpi.pdf] | ||
'''''*Twig-''''' | '''''*Twig-''''' | ||
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'''''*Bark-''''' | '''''*Bark-''''' | ||
The bar on the tree is thin and also grayish- greenish, but when the pine gets older it can grow up to 2 inches thick. Then it becomes a purple- grayish color and gets turned into squares all over the tree. | The bar on the tree is thin and also grayish- greenish, but when the pine gets older it can grow up to 2 inches thick. Then it becomes a purple- grayish color and gets turned into squares all over the tree. IF you look at the young pines you will see there bark is thin, smooth, and gray greenish. | ||
[http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-tree/idaho.html] | [http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-tree/idaho.html] | ||
[http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/usda/amwood/258wwhpi.pdf] | |||
'''''*Form-''''' | '''''*Form-''''' | ||
