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  Pine - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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.
The bark of a pine in Tecpan, Guatemala.
Pines are commercially among the most important of species used for timber and wood pulp in temperate and tropical regions of the world.
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  Pine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 Tenasserim Pine Information
The Tenasserim Pine (Pinus latteri) is a pine native to southeast Asia, in the mountains of southeastern Myanmar, northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and on the Chinese island of Hainan.
Tenasserim Pine is closely related to Sumatran Pine Pinus merkusii, which occurs further south in southeast Asia in Sumatra and the Philippines; some botanists treat the two as conspecific (under the name P.
It is also related to the group of Mediterranean pines including Aleppo Pine and Turkish Pine, which share many features with it.
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 Sumatran Pine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sumatran Pine (Pinus merkusii) is a pine native to southeast Asia, mainly in the mountains of northern Sumatra, and with two outlying populations, on Mount Kerinci and Mount Talang in central Sumatra, and in the Philippines on Mindoro and the Zambales Mountains of western Luzon.
The population in central Sumatra, between 1° 40' and 2° 06' S latitude, is the only natural occurrence of any pine south of the Equator.
Sumatran Pine is closely related to Tenasserim Pine Pinus latteri, which occurs further north in southeast Asia from Myanmar to Vietnam; some botanists treat the two as conspecific (under the name P.
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 Pine - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
In others, the fire climax pines, the seeds are stored in closed cones for many years until a forest fire kills the parent tree; 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 Pine Processionary, Bordered White (also known as Pine Looper), Pine Beauty 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. It can be eaten in slices raw as a snack or dried and ground up into a powder for use as a thickener/flavoring in stews, soups, and other foods.
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 Northern Thailand Forest in the decade of 1960
The driest regions are in the rain shadow of escarpments between the central plain and the Korat or northeastern plateau; and along the eastern base of the Tenasserim range, on the west, from the upper Peninsula northward to Kanchanaburi and Tak.
The influence of the rain shadow on the vegetation in that area is shown by the frequency of dry bamboo brakes, intermixed with thorn brush.
In the northeast of Thailand, pines are dominant in the Pokadien mountains, on the plateau of Loei.
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 Ebook More Info -Pine - Free For You.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Many pines are uninodal, producing just one such whorl of branches each year, from bud s at the tip of the year's new plant stem, but others are multinodal, producing two or more whorls of branches per year.
Pines are mostly Plant sexuality, having the male and female Conifer cone on the same tree, though a few species are Plant sexuality with individuals predominantly, but not wholly, single-sex.
Pine plantation s 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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 ipedia.com: Pine Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Pines are monoecious, having the male and female cones on the same tree.
In others, the fire climax pines, the seeds are stored in closed cones for many years until a forest fire kills the parent tree; the stored seeds are then released in huge numbers to re-populate the burnt ground.
Pines are commercially among the most important of species used for timber in temperate and tropical regions of the world.
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 Pine information - Search.com
Many are grown as a source of wood pulp for paper manufacture.
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.
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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 Myanmar - Search View - MSN Encarta
Most of the mines are located in the mountainous areas in the west and along the Tenasserim coast.
The ensuing Treaty of Yandabo left the British in control of Arakan to the west and Tenasserim to the east of the Irrawaddy delta.
The production of rice and timber flourished in these two areas under the British, while their relative political stability induced massive population growth, a general pattern that was repeated after the remainder of the delta was annexed in the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852.
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 The ULTIMATE tree-ring pages!
Aleppo pine, Jerusalem pine Pinus hallii = Podocarpus hallii Kirk 1 PIHE Pinus heldreichii Christ Heldreich's pine, panzer fohre 2 PIJE* Pinus jeffreyi Grev.
Korean pine 1 PILG Pinus lagunae M.-F. Passini laguna pinyon 2 PILA* Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Bosnian pine, greybark pine, pino loricato 2 PILO* Pinus longaeva D.K. Bailey Intermountain bristlecone pine Pinus longifolia Roxb.
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 Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
It frees woman from the common diseases frequently suffered such as delayed and irregular menstruations, back-aches and stomach-aches along menstruation and even to tighten stomach muscles and uterus muscles.
There are about 115 species of pine, although different authors accept anything between about 105 to 125 species.
Pines are monoecious, having the male and female cones on the same tree.
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 Pine info here at en.37-of-100.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Keep placing your ads in those Pine that you know are bringing you a high response rate and you'll have a guaranteed Pine of customers.
Pine extract helps digestive problems Dr Jeff Pearson of the Department of Physiological Sciences says that an ancient Chinese medicine extracted from pine trees may protect against digestive disorders such as ulcers, heartburn and acid reflux.
douglasiana) - Gordon's Pine Pinus greggii - Gregg's Pine Pinus hartwegii - Hartweg's Pine Pinus herrerae - Herrera's Pine Pinus hondurensis (syn.
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 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Many pines are uninodal, producing just one such whorl of branches each year, from buds at the tip of the year's new
Pines are mostly monoecious, having the male and female
Spotted Nutcracker, Clark's Nutcracker and Pinyon Jay, are of importance in distributing pine seeds to new areas where they can grow.
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 Science Fair Projects - Tenasserim Pine
The seeds are 7-8 mm long, with a 20-25 mm wing, and are wind-dispersed.
Tenasserim Pine is closely related to Sumatran Pine Pinus merkusii, which occurs further south in southeast Asia in Sumatra and the Philippines; some botanists treat the two as conspecific (under the name P.
merkusii, which was described first), but the Sumatran Pine differs in shorter (15-20 cm) and slenderer (under 1 mm thick) leaves, smaller cones with thinner scales, the cones opening at maturity, and seeds only half the weight.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Tenasserim_Pine   (432 words)

  
 Tropical forest resources assessment project - Forest resources of Tropical Asia
The species planted are: blue pine (Pinus wallichiana), chir pine (Pinus roxburghii), Robinia pseudoacacia, deodar (Cedrus deodara), poplars, willows and blue gum in the northern part of Bhutan and Michelia champaca, Chukrasia tabularis, teak etc. in the southern part.
Pine forest is found in the Shan and Chin states.
Arakan, Tenasserim and Pegu Yoma area are considered for their bamboo potential as these contain large reserves of bamboos in continuous blooks and as yet unutilized for domestic consumption.
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 Myanmar - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
The deltaic plains, extremely fertile and economically the most important section of the country, cover an area of about 46,600 sq km (18,000 sq mi).
Both the Arakan (in the north-west) and the Tenasserim (in the south-west) coasts of Myanmar are rocky and fringed with islands.
Other trees include rubber, cinchona, acacia, bamboo, ironwood, mangrove, coconut, betel palm, and, chiefly in the northern highlands, oak, pine, and many species of rhododendron.
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 Myanmar - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
The deltaic plains, extremely fertile and economically the most important section of the country, cover an area of about 47,000 sq km (about 18,000 sq mi).
Both the Arakan (in the northwest) and the Tenasserim (in the southwest) coasts of Myanmar are rocky and fringed with islands.
Average annual rainfall varies from about 5,000 mm (about 200 in) on the Tenasserim Coast to about 760 mm (about 30 in) at Mandalay.
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 Pine info here at en.35of100d.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Pine Scented Memories They have long since stopped cutting down the trees because conservationists were afraid that after a while the cutters will make extinct this pine species because of indiscriminate cutting.
Classification of Pines Scots Pine branch with young shoots, Estonia.
hondurensis) - Honduras Pine Pinus jaliscana - Jalisco Pine Pinus johannis - Johann's Pinyon Pinus lawsonii - Lawson's Pine Pinus leiophylla - Chihuahua Pine Pinus lumholtzii - Lumholtz's Pine Pinus maximartinezii - Big-cone Pinyon Pinus maximinoi (syn.
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 Hua Hin & Prachuap Khiri Khan : Attractions, by Thaiways since 1984
It derives its name from the casuarina pine trees, or son in Thai, which line the beach.
The water of this fall flows from Tenasserim Mountain in the west through the forests and cascades down the high cliff of Pa La-U. There is a nature study trail along an 800-metre path starting from the car park and leading to the first level of Pa La-U Waterfall.
north of the park office, it is a tranquil sandy beach lined with pine trees.
www.thaiwaysmagazine.com /hua_hin/hua_hin_attractions.html   (2011 words)

  
 History Channel Search Results
Both the Arakan (Rakhine) coast, in the NW, and the Tenasserim (Tanintharyi) coast, in the S, are rocky and fringed with islands.
Myanmar proper consists of the seven divisions of Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady), Magwe (Magway), Mandalay, Pegu (Bago), Sagaing, Tenasserim (Tanintharyi), and Yangon (Rangoon).
Most of the mines are located in the mountainous areas in the W and along the Tenasserim coast.
www.historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..my176300.a   (4948 words)

  
 Trade and Environmental Database Prof   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
In October 1996, farmers from the Tenasserim region of Burma submitted a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Unocal Corp., Total S.A. and two Burmese government agencies, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) and Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE).
Tenasserim Region in Burma and Kanchana Buri Province in Thailand.
The Tenasserim Region in Burma is a hotbed of violent conflicts in Burma.
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 MONTHLY HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION REPORT
The source said all the nearby village tracts were also ordered by the military to buy the picture of the military regime's leader.
They informed the village headman that all the village tracts must buy 5 new breed chicken each for their tracts which cost 950 kyat per chick and the villagers must pay for the total amount within the month of June completely.
The Tenasserim Anti-terrorist and Anti-riot Supervisory Command had issued an order of total restriction for civilian within 10 townships in 3 districts areas not to travel from town to town, from district to district.
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 07/01/00 -- World Rainforest Movement Bulletin #36, July 2000
The Tree Farms project has provoked the eviction of some 8,000 people from 13 villages -mainly farmers and fisherfolk- from their lands, that the company is now occupying, condemning them to poverty due to the loss of their livelihoods, and creating a source of social and environmental conflicts.
One of the reasons there are no meaningful controls on pine conversion -explains Williams- is that forest-products companies have convinced the media and the public that "replanting" a forest once it has been removed is not only possible but admirable.
Pine plantations require enormous amounts of fertilizer and herbicide, much of which winds up in streams and drinking water.
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 News, Personal Accounts, Report & Analysis on Human Rights Situation in Mon Territory and Other Areas Southern Part ...
Whenever the Burmese Army's local military battalions launched offensives or operated military patrols, as they did not have a proper logistics system, they still used the civilians in the local areas to be porters to carry ammunitions and other food supplies during the military offensives or military patrol.
On the other hand, besides the Burmese Army's local military battalions are forcing the local villagers to be civilian porters, sometimes, by showing the security reason, they also conscripted villagers to be village militia troops whether they would like to join to the militia force or not.
In Yebyu Township of Tenasserim Division, one Mon splinter group have launched military operations against the Burmese Army and collected tax from the local civilians in many parts of Township area.
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 Burma and the Burmese
The bodies of water immediately off the coast of Burma are the Gulf of Martaban to the east and the Andaman Sea to the south, both of which merge with the Bay of Bengal.
The Burmese portion of the upper Malay Peninsula faces the Andaman Sea, and is known as the Tenasserim Coast.
The divisions occupy most of the central region and the Tenasserim coast, while the states are home to many of the ethnic minorities.
www.hawaii.edu /cseas/pubs/burma/burma.html   (2904 words)

  
 present and past activities
- Co-operative agreement between Myeik and Tenasserim Journals and Techniques et Culture (CNRS, France) to promote the Myanmar cultural heritage, translating and publishing anglo-myanmar publications.
Fourth expedition on Moken Queen, MAP Members together with Silvano Immeli (photographer), Stephan Armbruster (musician) and Franz Fritse (biologist).
Visited locations: Kaw Thaung (Victoria Point) town, Pine Tree, Unamed Islands West of Pocok, Great Swinton, Clara, Sisters, Bentinck, Courts, Lyall, Elphinstone, Tenasserim, Marble, Huggentaik, Wa-Ale Kyon, Myeik town, Pu Nala, Bada, Potter, Lord Loughborough, Macleold.
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