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  Pine nut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pine.html   (1074 words)

  
 Pine Nuts
Stone Pine (Pinus pinea), which has been cultivated for the nuts for over 6,000 years, and harvested from wild trees for far longer.
Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana) are also used to a lesser extent.
cone, pine nuts are covered with a hard shell (seed coat), thin in some species, thick in others.
www.edinformatics.com /culinaryarts/food_encyclopedia/pine_nuts.htm   (398 words)

  
 USING PINES IN THE LANDSCAPE
Pines are important to North Carolina not only for the ornamental value but also for lumber, watershed management, resin, turpentine and Christmas trees.
Pruning pines is usually not necessary except to remove dead or broken branches or sheared to retain a Christmas tree effect.
White pine is susceptible to ice storm damage, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and salt sea spray.
www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/hort/hil/hil-603.html   (1150 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pine
Families Pinaceae, pine family Araucariaceae, araucaria family Podocarpaceae, yellow-wood family Phyllocladaceae Sciadopityaceae, umbrella-pine family Cupressaceae, cypress family Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family Taxaceae, yew family The Order Pinales in the Division Pinophyta, Class Pinopsida comprises all the extant conifers.
The bristlecone pine is a type of pine tree that can reach ages far greater than that of any other living thing known - up to 5,000 years.
Pines are native to most of North America, ranging from the Arctic to Mexico and Nicaragua and the West Indies.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pine   (547 words)

  
 This Months Issue - KentuckyLiving Magazine - Kentucky Living
In comparison, lacebark pine grows much smaller, 30 to 50 feet tall and only 15 to 25 feet wide, making it more suitable for the medium to small garden, but it can also be used in any large garden space.
Pines perform poorly in heavy, compact soils that are low in soil oxygen and typically extremely dry or constantly soggy.
Pines are not typically known for having beautiful bark, which makes seeing a lacebark pine even more exciting.
www.kentuckyliving.com /article.asp?articleid=1335&issueid=232   (832 words)

  
 APSnet Education Center - Plant Disease Lessons - Pine wilt disease - Disease Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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)

  
 Pine Nuts
All pine seeds are edible, but most are too small for humans to bother with.
One method of locating pine species in Mexico used by Dana K. Bailey and Frank Hawksworth in the 1970's was to visit the local food markets and examine the pinenuts for sale and inquire about the location of the trees which were their source.
Pine seeds are an important source of food for many animals and in some cases, the animals return the favor by cacheing the pine seeds and thereby inadvertenly planting them.
www.pinetum.org /Lovett/pinenuts.htm   (497 words)

  
 Pinus; Pines
Pines are among the oldest terrestrial plants in the world, first appearing more than 60,000,000 years ago during the Mesozoic era and emerging as highly successful competitors amongst the world's flora (Everett, 1981).
Pines exhibit the greatest diversity of habitat and distribution of the the needle-type evergreens, being scattered throughout the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to Guatemala, the West Indies, North Africa, and Malayan Archipelago (Dirr, 1975).
Pines are generally large trees, with only a few dwarfish or shrubby species.
www.discoverlife.org /nh/tx/Plantae/Gymnospermae/Pinaceae/Pinus   (529 words)

  
 Blue Sterling Nursery
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 Eastern White Pine or Pinus strobus is a large tree 33 to 46 meters tall in its native areas of southeast Canada to northern Georgia in the USA, located at an elevation of about 600 to 1500 meters.
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)

  
 Pine Pinus plant and seed varieties from rich farm garden
Lacebark Pine - Pinus bungeana - Tight compact conical shaped growth habit with slightly upswept branches.
Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda - 3 needled pine with 9in.
Yunnan Pine - Pinus yunnanensis - Native Chinese pine with 10in.
www.richfarmgarden.com /pine.html   (1125 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Pine nut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pine nuts are high in protein, and have been eaten in Europe and Asia since the Paleolithic period.
Pine nuts are called piñones in Spanish and pinoli (locally also pinoccoli or pinocchi - Pinocchio means in fact 'pine nut') in Italian.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Pine_nut   (629 words)

  
 Lacebark pine
A long time favorite plant in the UNL East Campus landscape is lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana).
Lacebark pine should be treated as a specimen plant.
Lacebark is a fairly narrow tree (15 to 20 feet) that grows only 40 feet in height.
www.finkegardens.com /6/article.asp?id=37   (142 words)

  
 Fresh Air Garden Designs - Dwarf Conifers
Considered a zone 5-7 plant, in zone 7 it prefers some light pine shade or late afternoon shade and rich, moist, acid soil and some protection from wind.
The Lacebark pine, Pinus bungeana, is often cited for its handsome bark, which exfoliates in patches, creating the "lace" effect.
The Japanese Red Pine, Pinus densiflora (right), is also best reserved for use a specimen, as it too has an interesting bark, in this case orange to orange-red when young, peeling off in thin scales, and grayish at the base in old age.
www.freshairdesigns.com /articles/dwconifers-2.htm   (913 words)

  
 GCM September 1996 - The species of choice
Lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana) -- It is a slow grower that can get 50 feet tall or larger, with a 25-foot spread.
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) -- This is a fast-growing, rugged-looking plant that is suited for fairway plantings.
Scotch pine (P. sylvestris) -- The species is an attractive pyramidal plant when young, and develops into an entirely different, picturesque form as an older specimen, with an attractive orange bark on the trunk and branches.
www.gcsaa.org /gcm/1996/sept96/accents.html   (1896 words)

  
 Woodnotes Winter 1999
When pines died, instead of replacing them with the same species or substituting a different species, the pines were replaced by broadleaf deciduous trees.For over fifty years, no pines except for Austrian pines were planted in Central Park.
Pinus ayacahuite is the Mexican White Pine found on the mountain slopes and at the head of ravines in Central America north into all of Mexico.
Pine seedlings, grown in the urban nursery of Central Park, will be grafted with root stock from the rural New York arboretum, to produce trees that will thrive in the urban environment.
www.treelink.org /woodnotes/vol2/no4/article2.html   (1004 words)

  
 Lacebark pine will need time
Lacebark pine is one of the most beautiful trees in the garden once it grows tall and stately and produces its amazing multi-colored bark.
Unlike most pines, lacebark pine tends to retain its lower branches.
The lower reaches of the branches tend to lose all their needles, and the lovely gray, green and tan bark will become visible with time.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/10/16/HO112360.DTL&type=printable   (97 words)

  
 Pinus bungeana: Lacebark Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lacebark Pine is a very picturesque multi-trunked and upright, oval tree through about age 40, then begins spreading into a flattened canopy allowing filtered sunlight beneath.
Cultivated in the Orient for its striking bark, Lacebark Pine can be often seen on the grounds of Buddhist temples.
Growing best in full sun on well-drained, acid soil, Lacebark Pine may tolerate soil with a higher pH but should not be exposed to soils which are excessively wet or dry.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /ST456   (558 words)

  
 Pinus
This is a shrub like pine of 40 cm high x 2 metre wide in 10 years.
The Michoacan pine is related to the Hartweg pine.
We are trialling this pine in an exposed salt wind situation and so far it looks very promising.
www.conifers.co.nz /pinus/pinus_a_to_h.htm   (1241 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The pine was officially designated as the State Tree by the General Assembly of 1963.
During the Colonial and early Statehood periods, the pine was a vital part of the economy of North Carolina.
When the bill passed our state legislator they did not specify which pine would be our state tree and did not include a scientific name for our state trree.
www2.ncsu.edu /unity/lockers/project/treesofstrength/statetre.htm   (178 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hard to believe that our shore pine is the same species as the lodgepole pine found on the east side of the mountains.
The lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana) is known for its mottled bark.
The red pine might grow to 40 feet high and wide, but the cultivar will make it to only 20 feet high and wide.
www.kuow.org /weekday_garden_notes/041222.txt   (388 words)

  
 Single Planet: Tales of The General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The emperor considered the lacebark pine a few short paces away to be a good listener, and appointed it a general.
Within sight of this graceful tree, beyond the lake and the road, lies Zhongnanhai, a secluded compound probably with other lacebark pines among other quicker, stronger trees and many more that last just a couple of generations before shedding leaves, branches and life more easily.
The lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana, so named because it was discovered for the West by a Dr. Bunge close to Beijing in 1831) with the lacy white pattern of its bark must be one of the most beautiful of any species of tree anywhere in the world.
singleplanet.blogs.com /single_planet/2005/01/tales_of_the_ge.html   (406 words)

  
 Evergreen Trees for Ohio, HYG-1081-01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pines are generally more tolerant of adverse soil, exposure, and city conditions than species of Picea or Abies.
Pines are easily distinguished from other evergreens in that the needles are arranged in "bundles" of 2, 3, or 5.
pines are very demanding in terms of their cultural requirements.
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/1000/1081.html   (2034 words)

  
 Evergreen Needle Drop
Pine trees can hold their needles for 2-5 or more years, depending on the species.
Here are some of the pines commonly grown in Nebraska and the number of years they hold their leaves:
This tree only holds its needles for two years which leaves less growth at the tip of branches to hide the needles as they are shed.
hortparadise.unl.edu /Newsrelease/News/EverNeedleDrop.htm   (388 words)

  
 Growing Conifers -- Four-Season Plants
From the pink cones of the larch, to the blue foliage of the aptly named Colorado blue spruce, to the silver bark of the lacebark pine, the range of color in conifer cones, bark and foliage is vast.
Conifer barks can also be quite striking, with colors ranging from the cream-gray-green puzzle of young lacebark pine to the bright orange of mature Scots pine.
The relatively broad, flattened needles of the Japanese umbrella pine offer bolder texture than the fine feathery needles of the eastern white pine, while the dark, platey bark of mature Japanese fl pine has a vastly different texture from that of the lightly peeling, red-brown bark and deeply fluted trunk of dawn redwood.
www.bbg.org /gar2/topics/plants/handbooks/conifers/5.html   (1083 words)

  
 Descriptions of The Trees of The Formal Gardens
Introduced into this country in 1846, it is one of the most beautiful of the introduced pines.
Because of its tolerance to salt spray Japanese fl pine is invaluable for seashore plantings and in stabilizing dunes.
This pine is useful as a specimen or mass planting.
www.pfd.muohio.edu /treewalk/garden_descrip.jsp   (1680 words)

  
 Cincinnati.Com: Home Style - Warm up to winter plants
Lacebark pine 'Rowe Arboretum' can be seen at Rowe Arboretum in Indian Hill.
He also picks lacebark pine, a slow-growing conifer with bark mottled shades of green, yellow and orange.
Lacebark elm is a large tree with mottled bark in oranges, reds and browns and the classic elm vase shape.
www.cincinnati.com /homestyle/103004/inthegarden.html   (415 words)

  
 Searching -- Forestfarm.com
One of the most beautiful pines, the bark of this sm tree flakes away creating a patchwork of white, green, & purple.
Occurring in many of the colder areas of the West, this upright Pine (to 80') w short dark-green needles in 2's was used by the Indians for building tepees, hence the name, lodgepole.
The beautiful gnarled pine of wind-swept, timberline ridges, but under better conditions this adaptable tree can reach 60'; long yellow-green cones hold lg edible seeds; grn 3" needles.
www.forestfarm.com /search/search.asp?aPage=2&index=genus&field-keywords=pinus   (644 words)

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