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  White Pine County, Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
White Pine County is a county located in the state of Nevada.
The name derives from White Pine, an old name for the Limber Pine, a common tree in the county's mountains.
White Pine County was created in 1869 out of eastern Lander County and was named for the heavy growth of pine trees in the area, thought to be white pine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Pine_County,_Nevada   (529 words)

  
 Nuclear Waste Project Office Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
White Pine County is located in the eastern portion of the State of Nevada, approximately 250 miles north of Las Vegas.
White Pine County receives federal funding for the Nuclear Waste Project Office to conduct oversight activities related to the Yucca Mountain Project.
With tourism and ranching as major economic sources for the region, White Pine County cannot afford adverse impacts or the stigma associated with the transportation of radioactive materials.
www.wpnwpo.com   (492 words)

  
 White Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
White Pine is also attacked by the white pine weevil, which bores into the terminal shoots and distorts the growth of the upper canopy.
White Pine is distinguished from all other eastern pines by the fact that its soft, thin, bluish-green needles occur in bundles of five (left).
White Pine is distinctive as it reaches middle age, as its whorled branches and the spaces between them create a layered visual sight (lower left).
www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/Education/ohiotrees/pinewhite.htm   (735 words)

  
 White Pine Blister Rust on Currants and Gooseberries, HYG-3205-98
White pine blister rust is not a serious disease of currants and gooseberries; however, it is a very serious disease of white pines (Pinus strobus).
White pine blister rust causes significant damage in pine forests by forming cankers on the branches of white pines.
On white pine, the symptoms include dead branches, chlorotic foliage, branch girdling by lesions that exude resin or sticky yellowish fluid (spermagonia), cankers that are diamond-shaped to elliptic with a dead center surrounded by a band of yellowish-green infected bark, light yellow-orange aecia, and death of the tree.
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/3000/3205.html   (872 words)

  
 National Christmas Tree Association: ARIZONA CYPRESS
White pine is considered to be the largest pine in the United States.
White pine is intermediate in shade tolerance and is commonly associated with eastern hemlock and various northern hardwoods.
White pine weevil is the major insect pest, and one which deforms trees by killing the terminal shoots.
www.realchristmastrees.org /treetype/e_wht_pn.html   (660 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.
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.
One alternative for preventive pruning is to avoid planting white pine or spruce in areas of high weevil hazard.
www.uri.edu /ce/factsheets/sheets/whitepineweevil.html   (845 words)

  
 White Pine Elementary School - Boise Idaho
White Pine Elementary School opened in the fall of 1990 with 26 classrooms accommodating approximately 780 students.
White Pine is moving forward in the technology field at a rapid pace.
White Pine is very fortunate to have a very supportive PTA and staff who view the area of technology as a priority.
www.sd01.k12.id.us /schools/whitepine   (339 words)

  
 Eastern White Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For this reason, pines and other conifers should never be bare-rooted, unless steps are taken to re-introduce the fungus to the repotted plant, such as making a slurry (thin mud) of the old soil and pouring it over the newly potted soil.
The larvae of White Pine weevils feed on the sapwood of the leaders and this is devastating to the tree.
White Pine decline is used to describe the slow decline of trees planted in dry, clay soils low in organic matter.
www.bonsai-bci.com /species/strobus.html   (1137 words)

  
 Trees of Idaho Forest: Western White Pine
White pine forests of 200 or more years of age were common, but so were newly regenerated small trees and shrubs resulting from recent bums, as were forests of an intermediate age.
The white pine is Idaho's state tree, and it is a species with an interesting history.
Blister rust is a fungus that was imported in 1910 on French white pine ornamental shrubs.
www.idahoforests.org /whitpine.htm   (859 words)

  
 Floridata: Pinus strobus
The eastern white pine is a large, beautiful conifer commonly growing to 150 ft (45.7 m) or more in height and 2-4 ft (0.3-1.2 m) in diameter.
White pine (Pinus strobus) is most abundant, and attains its best growth on moist sandy sites in eastern North America from Newfoundland and Ontario in Canada, throughout the Great Lakes region, the Northeast United States and south down the Appalachian Mountain range to northern Georgia in the United States.
White pine is the provincial tree of Ontario and the state tree of Maine and Michigan.
www.floridata.com /ref/P/pin_str.cfm   (543 words)

  
 White Pine:craft wood
For these reasons, eastern white is used extensively in all areas of woodworking, cabinets, scrollsaw and craft work, folk art and even wood turning for table legs.
The heartwood of the eastern white pine is pale brown, with occasional reddy brown streaks.
Pine has a lot of resin, in pockets, that have a bad habit of bleeding out when you least expect it (especially in the lower quality wood), so...
www.thewoodbox.com /data/wood/wpinenfo.htm   (509 words)

  
 White Pine Blister Rust
White Pine Blister Rust (WPBR), caused by the fungus Cronartium ribicola, is one of the most important diseases of white pine in the northeastern United States.
White pines, especially young trees, and plants belonging to the genus Ribes (currants and gooseberries) are susceptible to the disease.
The currant cultivars Cornet, Consort, and Crusader are resistant to white pine blister rust.
plantclinic.cornell.edu /FactSheets/wpineblister/wpineblister.htm   (965 words)

  
 White Pine, Pinus strobus
The typical fuel under White and Red Pine stands is an organic layer 2"-4" deep, a continuous needle layer, a moderate forb and shrub layer, and a moderately dense understory.
The white pine produces the most valuable softwood lumber in eastern North America and is used extensively for interior trim, window sashes, door frames and for intricate carpentry.
White Pine Weevil kills the young top of the tree which may result in a crooked trunk.
www.rook.org /earl/bwca/nature/trees/pinusstrob.html   (1772 words)

  
 White Pine (Pinus strobus)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
White pine may still be found up to 150 feet in height and up to 4 feet in diameter.
White Pine Blister Rust and White Pine Weevil continue to be a problem in the state.
White pine is a major dominant in Wisconsin's northern dry forests.
www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/forestry/treeid/TreePgs/pinusstr.htm   (275 words)

  
 Evergreen Gardenworks Descriptive Catalog: Pinus
Pines are classified by the number of needles in a bundle and by their cones.
7280 Pinus parviflora 'Adcock's Dwarf' This is one of the smallest White Pine dwarf cultivars.
7326 Pinus parviflora 'Ko Ra ku' This is one of the smallest White Pine dwarf cultivars.
www.evergreengardenworks.com /pinus.htm   (4759 words)

  
 Forest Trees of Maine - Eastern White Pine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The abundance and value of eastern white pine in Maine has caused it to be known as the: Pine Tree State.
Lumber production reached its peak in1909 but white pine is still the principal lumber species and continues to contribute greatly to the economy of the state.
White pine occurs in all localities in the state in moist situations, on uplands, and on sandy soil, but develops best on fertile, well-drained soils.
www.scarborough.k12.me.us /high/projects/trees/whitepine.htm   (544 words)

  
 Eastern White Pine
Eastern White Pine is the largest pine tree in Virginia.
Pine needles are in small clumps of five, and each one grows up to five inches long.
Eastern White Pine is used as lumber for construction, pulp (paper), cabinets, furniture, door frames, boats, coffins, matches, paneling, boxes, and crates.
www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/eastern_white_pine.htm   (287 words)

  
 White Pine
White pine has several characteristics that make it a good tree crop on marginal land, especially in the South.
White pine plantations may be established by sowing seed or planting seedlings.
White pine is more shade-tolerant than other yellow pines and will grow well many years after the trees begin to compete with each other.
www.ext.vt.edu /pubs/forestry/446-603/446-603.html   (3829 words)

  
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This pine is remarkable in its appearance in the forests on account of the long outward and downward sweep of the branches, the first of which often arise at loo ft. above the ground.
The pine forests, which cover large tracts of sandy soil in the Lake States, are composed of varying mixtures of P. Strobus, P. resinosa, and P. Banksiana.1 On poor dry sand the two latter species outgrow and supplant the former, while on moist deep sand P. Strobus is the more vigorous.
The white pine grows naturally on all kinds of soil, and varies very much in its habit according to the soil and surroundings, but flourishes best in a deep, moist sandy loam, and in land which, being covered with a thick growth of moss, never dries in summer.
djvued.libs.uga.edu /text/5tgbitxt.txt   (11779 words)

  
 Eastern White Pine - PA DCNR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is the only pine native to Pennsylvania with 5 needles per cluster.
It is one of the most valuable timber trees, found in moist or dry woodlands throughout the state and often planted as an ornamental in large open areas.
Inner bark of white pine is a preferred winter food of porcupine and deer browse the twigs.
www.dcnr.state.pa.us /forestry/commontr/ewhitep.htm   (157 words)

  
 White Pine Weevil, HYG-2556-95
The white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi (Peck), is most common in Ohio in the northern and eastern counties.
White pine weevils prefer eastern white pine and various spruces.
The larvae, which are found under the bark of the dying leader, are white, legless, C-shaped and have brown heads.
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/2000/2556.html   (666 words)

  
 White Pine
Pine nuts were used as a nutritious food for babies and convalescents.
The resin or gum was heated and used as a poultice to draw boils or remove festering splinters and to treat sores and wounds.
A tea (Flu Tea) made from White Pine Bark (or resin) and sprigs was used to treat rheumatism, tuberculosis, flu, colds, and indigestion.
www.rittiman.com /urt/whitepine.htm   (248 words)

  
 White Pine
The White Pine trail is consistently steep and extremely rocky in places, but well worth it for the incredible views and great downhill.
White Pine continues up several switchbacks and then levels out in a beautiful forested area.
White Pine Lake is crystal clear and very cold.
www.mtbr.com /trails/Utah/WhitePine.html   (896 words)

  
 White Pine National Golf Resort
At White Pine National Golf Resort you'll find that the course, designed by Bruce and Clem Wolfrom, has taken the ecologically sound approach to golf course design.
You'll find that White Pine National is fair to the high handicappers and challenging to the low handicappers.
White Pine National Resort has been selected by Audubon International as one of the top 100 environmentally friendly courses in the USA.
www.whitepinenational.com   (261 words)

  
 Pinus strobus
Pine Family, with White Pine Blister Rust (affecting the bark) being the primary disease, and White Pine Weevil (affecting the terminal shoots) being the primary pest
White Pine is rather sensitive to being transplanted in Autumn, and care should be taken to amend the soil, fertilize, water thoroughly, mulch adequately, consider application of an anti-dessicant during early Winter, and especially avoid Winter salt spray, to enhance survival chances during the first Winter, if transplanting cannot be delayed until Spring
White Pine is a fine-textured, rapidly-growing evergreen tree with a symmetrical, narrow pyramidal shape in its youth and middle age.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hcs/TMI/Plantlist/pi_robus.html   (907 words)

  
 White Pine, MI News
Local news for White Pine, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
And now, everyone in White Pine knows that Checko has his own special "angel." Checko's angel is 11-year-old Layce Everest.
The 29th annual White Pine Stampede, one of the country's biggest cross-country ski races, will go off as planned Saturday.
www.topix.net /city/white-pine-mi   (594 words)

  
 Province moves to protect the white pine
Prior to the late 1800s, white pine was very common throughout forested areas of the island.
Where white pine reforestation is appropriate, the species is to be planted in mixture with other species such that 400 to 700 regularly spaced pine per hectare remain after treatment.
The local white pine gene pool will be protected and enhanced through the use of local seed for white pine reforestation.
www.gov.nf.ca /releases/1999/forest/0723n02.htm   (529 words)

  
 EASTERN WHITE PINE - Pinus strobus
Eastern White Pine is an excellent ornamental conifer and is also an important timber species.
Eastern White Pine is native in the lake states and eastward.
Eastern White Pine is very susceptible to damage from air pollutants.
www.mnpower.com /treebook/fact72.html   (117 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The White Pine County Golf Course is located just north of beautiful Ely, Nevada just off Highway 93 across from the Fairgrounds.
White Pine County ~ United States ~ randy@elygolfing.com
White Pine County Golf Course is responsible for all site content.
www.elygolfing.com   (329 words)

  
 White Pine Bark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
White Pine bark is also used as an expectorant in cough syrups.
White Pine Bark has also been used for rheumatism, kidney problems, and scurvy (caused by lack of vitamin C).
Combining White Pine bark with Uva Ursi, Marshmallow root, and Popular bark can be very helpful in treating diabetes.
www.regaininghealthnaturally.com /Herb_Information/White_Pine_Bark.shtml   (445 words)

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