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  Pine
Pines are coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae.
Pines are monoecious, having the male and female cones on the same tree.
Pines are commercially among the most important of species used for timber in temperate and tropical regions of the world.
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 Encyclopedia: Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pines are mostly monoecious, having the male and female cones on the same tree, though a few species are sub-dioecious with individuals predominantly, but not wholly, single-sex.
Binomial name Pinus sibirica The Siberian Pine (Pinus sibirica; family Pinaceae) is a species of pine tree that occurs in Siberia from 58°E in the Ural Mountains east to 126°E in the Stanovoy Khrebet mountains in southern Sakha Republic, and from Igarka at 68°N in the lower...
Pine plantations can be at risk of fire damage because pine resin is flammable to the point of a tree being explosive under some conditions.
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 Articles - Pine nut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pine trees (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus).
Pine nuts are an essential component of pesto, and are frequently added to meat, fish, and vegetable dishes.
Unshelled pine nuts have a long shelf life if kept dry and refrigerated (at -5 to +2°C), but the shell must be removed before the nut is eaten; shelled nuts (and unshelled nuts in warm conditions) deteriorate rapidly, becoming rancid within a few weeks, or even days in warm humid conditions.
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 Chilgoza Pine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The (A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms) trees are 10-20 (-25) m tall with usually deep, wide and open (The enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum) crowns with long, erect branches.
The (The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty) leaves are needle-like, in fascicles of 3, 6-10 cm long, spreading stiffly, glossy green on the outer surface, with blue-green (additional info and facts about stomata) stomatal lines on the inner face; the sheaths falling in the first year.
The (A small hard fruit) seeds ((Edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America) pine nuts) are 17-23 mm long and 5-7 mm broad, with a thin shell and a rudimentary wing.
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 Articles - Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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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