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  botany/pinus
Pine trees are also tapped in several parts of the world, such as western France, the southeastern U.S., and the Himalayas, for the purpose of their resin, which when distilled provides turpentine and resin.
Pines intended to grow in the forest should be set in their positions when quite small, from 9 to 12 inches high.
Pines usually form straggly roots and it's difficult to dig them up with a good soil ball, but this is very important to successful transplanting of all but very small plants.
www.botany.com /pinus.html   (1351 words)

  
 Pine Pruning
Pine trees, pruned to reflect those in the exposed mountains and sea cliffs have been part of Japanese Gardens for centuries.
The pines in Japanese gardens are pruned to create a desired image, a hint of places you might wish to be.
Pine branches produce a highly variable numbers of candles from one to as many as 20.
www.geocities.com /whis4ey/Pinepruning.html   (1231 words)

  
 Pine Bonsai in the Midwest USA
And the ancient pines in nature have served as models for the development of the classic rules and stylistic tendencies in bonsai in general.
Specifically, pines have served as the style models for bonsai, with downsloping lower branches alternating from outside curves with well-defined foliage planes eventually culminating in a broad rounded apex.
Pines are evergreen needle conifers of the genus Pinus.
mababonsai.org /pages/hawley_pine1.html   (2404 words)

  
 Pine Tree Seeds, pine seeds, trees and Bonsai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Conical pine tree with ascending branches and smooth gray bark, becoming fissured and scaly with age.
Bishop Pine is a conical pine tree, becoming broadly domed or columnar with age.
Mexican yellow pine is a rounded, spreading tree with scaly, reddish brown bark and shiny, bright green leaves.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/anico/pine.htm   (594 words)

  
 Seeds for growing Red Japanese Pine trees Japanese White Pines conifers
A small two-needle pine, the Pinyon Pine is a slow grower.
The Japanese White Pine is slow growing with green or blue-green 1.5-inch needles.
The Jeffreyi Pine is grown ornamentally in the U.S. and Europe and is a large west coast native pine.
www.trees-seeds.com /Pine_tree_seeds.html   (489 words)

  
 Pinus densiflora 'Aurea': 'Aurea' Japanese Red Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Japanese Red Pine reaches a height and spread of 30 to 50 feet in the landscape growing much taller in the woods.
Pine needle scale is a white, elongated scale found on the needles.
The larvae of pine weevils feed on the sapwood of the leaders.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /ST460   (790 words)

  
 Trees of Reed: Pines
Pines are vulnerable to air pollution, so they are generally planted in the more protected areas, away from the roads.
While the Lodgepole Pine is tall and straight, the Coast Pine is often squat and asymmetrical from strong coastal winds.
This 3-needled pine closely resembles the Ponderosa, except its needles are longer, stiffer, and grayer, and its cones are twice as long.
web.reed.edu /trees/TreePages/PINU.html   (663 words)

  
 Television Point | Dictionary | Meaning of pine
One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack.
The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds.
Pine is the work of Mike Seibel, Mark Crispin, Steve Hubert, Sheryl Erez, David Miller and Laurence Lundblade (now at Virginia Tech) at the University of Washington Office of Computing and Communications.
www.televisionpoint.com /dictionary/default.asp?define=pine   (726 words)

  
 Japanese Red Pine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) has a home range that includes Japan, Korea, northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong) and the extreme southeast of Russia (southern Primorsky Krai).
This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish.
It is closely related to Scots Pine, differing in the longer, slenderer leaves which are mid green without the glaucous-blue tone of Scots Pine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_Red_Pine   (215 words)

  
 APSnet Education Center - Plant Disease Lessons - Pine wilt disease - Disease Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Large plantings of Scots pine as windbreaks and landscape planting occurred especially in the Midwest, where this tree species was considered well adapted to the environmental conditions.
Scots pine is the tree of choice for Christmas tree plantations in the Midwest.
Pine wilt management at the current time in the United States is best achieved by removal of symptomatic trees.
www.apsnet.org /education/LessonsPlantPath/PineWilt/mngmnt.htm   (532 words)

  
 Arnold Arboretum - Self-guided conifer tour
Continuing on the path, this pine is easily recognized by its scaly, bright orange-red bark, often seen on the upper trunk and branches.
The needles of the Scotch pine are gray to blue-green and occur in bundles of two.
It is a member of the “fire pine” group, due to its tightly closed cones that open only when exposed to high heat, such as a forest fire.
www.arboretum.harvard.edu /plants/conifers/tour.html   (1680 words)

  
 White Pine Weevil
The white pine weevil, native to North America, is a very serious pest of white pines in the forest and can also stunt and disfigure trees grown for ornamental purposes.
Other trees which are commonly attacked are pitch pine, Japanese red pine, western white pine, limber pine, foxtail pine and red spruce.
The adult white pine weevils are reddish-brown snout beetles about a quarter-inch long which are marked irregularly with patches of brown and white scales.
www.uri.edu /ce/factsheets/sheets/whitepineweevil.html   (845 words)

  
 Blue Sterling Nursery
The Japanese Red Pine or P. densiflora as a species is a rather broad tree about 30-35 meters high, usually shorter in cultivation, and has a horizontal branching structure.
The Korean Pine, Pinus koraiensis, is a tree from 25-30 meters tall in its native lands of Manchuria, Korea, and the main island of Japan (Honshu).
The Himalayan Pine or Pinus wallichiana is a large broadly pyramidal tree in its native habitat of eastern Afghanistan, south eastern Tibet and China to north Burma at an elevation of 2500 to 3000 meters.
www.bluesterling.com /Pinus.htm   (4092 words)

  
 Section 1: Conifers
Japanese fl pine is a popular specimen tree because of its loose, informal growth habit.
The bark of pines is not usually ornamental, but this pine develops bark that is orange to reddish on the upper trunk of older trees.
Japanese red pine is used as a specimen plant because of its interesting form and decorative bark.
www.mdc.mo.gov /forest/urban/urbantre/1con.html   (2032 words)

  
 The Three Friends of Winter
My Macedonian Pine (Pinus peuce) is mainly of interest because it is somewhat rare in gardens and I expect that I will eventually cut it down, but I love my Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora).
Unlike most pines, Japanese Red Pines prefer heavy soil, and their blue green foliage contrasts beautifully with the dark green native conifers in the forest surrounding my garden.
Japanese Red Pines get their English name from their very attractive red bark and they get their Latin name from their dense clusters of cones.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/garden_design/54197/2   (436 words)

  
 Pinus densiflora ( Japanese Red Pine )
Pines are one of the most diverse groups of evergreen conifers, over 90 species are distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Pines have been very important commercially, in timber production, as well as a variety of other manufactured products such as turpentine and rosin.
Pines tend to develop tap roots, so one should not attempt to transplant them from the wild.
www.backyardgardener.com /plantname/pda_170f.html   (3485 words)

  
 Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah
Pinus densiflora 'Oculus- Draconis', a cultivar of the Japanese Red Pine is known as the Dragon's Eye Pine because of the two yellow bands that mark the otherwise green needles.
Dragon's Eye Pine and other Japanese Red Pines have many unique features that make wonderful additions to a home landscape.
It has been said that Japanese Red Pines often graced the entrance of Samurai warriors' homes.
www.redbuttegarden.org /Gardening/?c=PP_Pinus_densiflora.inc   (276 words)

  
 European Pine Sawfly - Penn State Entomology Department Fact Sheet
It prefers mugo pine, P. mugo; Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris; red pine, P. resinosa; jack pine, P. banksiana; Japanese red pine, P. densiflora; and table mountain pine, P. pungens.
This aesthetic damage is most apparent on mugo pine in landscapes and nurseries and Scots pine grown in Christmas tree plantations.
It may be possible to plant varieties of Scots pine that are less susceptible to damage caused by this pest.
www.ento.psu.edu /extension/factsheets/eupinesawfly.htm   (864 words)

  
 46. Japanese Red Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
By the shallow stairs at Balmer Hall's corner is a Japanese Red Pine, with a groundcover of ivy and juniper.
To the Japanese, it is feminine, while the Japanese fl pine is masculine.
As this specimen shows, it often is multitrunked and broad, not a robust upright grower like many pines.
www.washington.edu /home/treetour/jrpine.html   (95 words)

  
 The Future Role of Satoyama Woodlands
Oak woodlands were regenerated by coppicing but red pine woodlands were usually reproduced by natural seeding or, sometimes, by afforestation.
This may also mean a change in the Japanese perception of nature as, apart from the southern part of Japan, the deciduous, broad-leaved forests have been the major element in the Japanese landscape, Indeed, Yasuda (1980) has argued that Japanese culture has been based on the deciduous broad-leaved forests or woodlands since Neolithic times.
On the basis of the similarity of floristic components and physiognomy among Japanese, Korean, and north-eastern Chinese vegetation, it is possible to speculate that meadows similar to those of Inner Mongolia, and deciduous oak forests similar to those in Korea and north-eastern China, were found in Japan in the last-glacial period.
homepage.mac.com /hitou/satoyama/docs/future.html   (3585 words)

  
 Japanese Bonsai Seeds
A milled sphagnum moss that inhibits diseases attributed to seed germination.
Japanese Black Pine Seeds- On Sale now for 2 packets for just $4.95..
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www.dallasbonsai.com /store/bonsai_seeds.html   (467 words)

  
 ICPP98 Paper Number 3.7.48   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The pine shoot beetle Tomicus piniperda (Coleoptera: Scolylidae) is one of the important forest pests on pines in Europe, northern Africa, and Asia including Siberia, and it was also recently discovered in the United States.
To test the pathogenicity of isolates, main stems of 33-year-old Japanese red pine were inoculated with 11 fungal species and the length of lesions at the cambial area and the depth of dried zones in the sapwood were measured 6 months after inoculation.
In inoculation experiments on Japanese red pine with 11 fungal species, the length of lesions at the cambium area and the depth of dried zones in the sapwood were greatest with Leptographium wingfieldii, followed by the Ophiostorna sp.
www.bspp.org.uk /icpp98/3.7/48.html   (495 words)

  
 Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow'
Japanese red pine (see B435 herein) is perhaps the most common tree growing in Japan.
It will soar to 100’ in the wild, but in cultivation is more likely to top out at 40-60’ tall.
Most pines can be difficult to grow well in the St. Louis area in large part because of soil and climate.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=C408   (190 words)

  
 One Of A Kind Custom Designed Bonsai Trees Add Special Interest To Your Home Design
The foliage will tend to be a little more red similar to 'Beni Kawa' along with some variegation.
The flowers turn into red berries that turn darker with age.
The Japanese Zelkova is native to cool climate areas of western Asia and Japan.
www.woodworkersauction.com /Trees/oneofakind5.htm   (1015 words)

  
 Fact Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The white pine weevil is probably the most serious pest of white pine in the area.
Commonly attacked: pitch pine, Japanese red pine, western white pine, limber pine, foxtail pine and red spruce.
Rarely attacked: red or Norway pine, Himalayan blue pine, and Douglas fir.
www.canr.uconn.edu /ces/garden/factsheets/tp_05_whitepineweevil.html   (659 words)

  
 Re: Japanese Red Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
I had a Scot's Pine about the same size that I grew from seed also.
The side shoots on the new leader became the new side branches of the new trunk and the long branch was left to slope downward and to look like the branch that it originally was.
It's now 6 years later and my once 5 foot Scot's Pine is now a very nice looking informal upright with a dramatic slant to the main trunk and a dramatic reverse of that trunk as it goes up the once shroter branch.
www.bonsaisite.com /wwwboard/messages/2182.html   (371 words)

  
 Pinus densiflora: Japanese Red Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Clay soil is usually not suitable unless it is very well drained.
There a few cultivars: `Alboterminata' - yellowish needle tips; `Aurea' - yellow needles; `Oculis-draconis' - Dragon's Eye Pine - two yellow lines on needles; `Umbraculifera' - Tanyosho Pine - 20 feet tall, multi-trunked.
Some of its diseases are needle blight and rusts.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /ST459   (477 words)

  
 JAPANESE RED PINE :: AudioEnglish.net dictionary
Pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental
Japanese red pine; Japanese table pine; Pinus densiflora
pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)
www.audioenglish.net /dictionary/japanese_red_pine.htm   (164 words)

  
 IPM UCONN White Pine Weevil
Occasionally attacked: Scotch pine, western yellow pine, mugho pine and fl spruce.
Rarely attacked: red or Norway pine, Himalayan blue pine, blue spruce, white spruce and Douglas fir.
The adults are reddish-brown snout beetles about a quarter-inch long which are marked irregularly with patches of brown and white scales.
www.hort.uconn.edu /ipm/homegrnd/htms/5WPWEVL.HTM   (633 words)

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