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 | | Monterey Pine, Pond Pine), the seeds are stored in closed ("serotinous") cones for many years until a forest fire kills the parent tree; the cones are also opened by the heat and the stored seeds are then released in huge numbers to re-populate the burnt ground. |
 | | Pine needles are sometimes eaten by some Lepidoptera species including Autumnal Moth, Bordered White (also known as Pine Looper), The Engrailed, Pine Beauty, Pine Processionary and Scalloped Hazel, and also the Symphytan species Pine Sawfly. |
 | | The soft, moist, white inner bark, or cambium, found clinging to the dead, woody outer bark is edible and very high in vitamins A and C. |
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