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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Pines are coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae.
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.
Pines are commercially among the most important of species used for timber in temperate and tropical regions of the world.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Pine   (1330 words)

  
 Pine
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 (see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Pines) and also the Symphytan species Pine Sawfly.
Pine trees are also famous for their pleasant smell, but some people find the smell overbearing.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pine.html   (1406 words)

  
 Loei Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was built by King Maha Chakrapat of the Ayutthaya kingdom, and King Chai Chetha of Lan Xang, and marked the boundary between the two kingdoms.
The provincial tree is the Khasi Pine (Pinus kesiya).
The province is subdivided into 12 districts (Amphoe) and 2 minor districts (King Amphoe).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loei_province   (276 words)

  
 Wildlife of Meghalaya - India
The people in the Khasi Hills where the plant grows call it Tiew-Rakot, which means demon-flower or devouring-plant.
Khasis are used to chew betel nuts and betel leaves since time immemorial.
Vegetables are grown extensively in the central plateau of the Khasi Hills with loamy soil and also in the plains of the Garo Hills.
www.bharatheritage.in /meghalaya/wildlife.htm   (1265 words)

  
 Articles - Pinus classification   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There are three main subgenera of Pinus, the subgenus Strobus (White pines or soft pines), the subgenus Ducampopinus (Pinyon, Bristlecone and Lacebark pines), and the subgenus Pinus (Typical pines, or yellow or hard pines).
In general, cone and cone scale and seed morphology and leaf fascicle and sheath morphology are emphasized and this seems to result in a classification that has subsections of pines that are understandable and usually readily recognized by their general appearance.
Diploxylon pines tend to have harder timber and more amounts of resin than the haploxylon pines.
www.foreverc.com /articles/Pinus_classification   (263 words)

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