Pinus resinosa

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Sectio: P. sect. Pinus
Subsectio: P. subsect. Pinus
Species: Pinus resinosa
Name

Pinus resinosa Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 367. 1789.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pinus canadensis var. bifolia Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 2: 125. n. 8. 1755.
Pinus resinosa f. globosa Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 41. 1922.
Pinus rubra F.Michx., Hist. Arbr. Forest. 1: 45. 1810, nom. illeg. non Mill. (1768).

References

Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. III. Diadelphia–Cryptogamia. 547 pp., tt. 11–12. [13]. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pinus resinosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pinus resinosa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 7. Reference page.

Vernacular names
العربية: صنوبر راتنجي
dansk: Rødfyr
Deutsch: Amerikanische Rot-Kiefer
English: Red Pine
español: Pino rojo americano
eesti: Vaigumänd
suomi: Amerikanpunamänty
français: Pin rouge
перем коми: Америкаись гӧрд пожум
lietuvių: Sakingoji pušis
norsk: Rødfuru
oj: Zhingwaak-mskozi
polski: Sosna czerwona
удмурт: Америкаысь горд пужым

Pinus resinosa, known as red pine[2][3] (also Norway pine in Minnesota),[4] is a pine native to North America.

Description

Red pine is a coniferous evergreen tree characterized by tall, straight growth.[5] It usually ranges from 20–35 metres (66–115 feet) in height and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in trunk diameter, exceptionally reaching 43.77 m (143+1⁄2 ft) tall.[6] The crown is conical, becoming a narrow rounded dome with age. The bark is thick and gray-brown at the base of the tree, but thin, flaky and bright orange-red in the upper crown; the tree's name derives from this distinctive character. Some red color may be seen in the fissures of the bark. The species is self pruning; there tend not to be dead branches on the trees, and older trees may have very long lengths of branchless trunk below the canopy.[citation needed]

The leaves are needle-like, dark yellow-green, in fascicles of two,[5] 12–18 centimetres (4+3⁄4–7 inches) long, and brittle. The leaves snap cleanly when bent; this character, stated as diagnostic for red pine in some texts, is however shared by several other pine species. The cones are symmetrical ovoid, 4–6 cm (1+1⁄2–2+1⁄4 in) long by 2.5 cm (1 in) broad, and purple before maturity, ripening to nut-blue and opening to 4–5 cm (1+1⁄2–2 in) broad, the scales without a prickle and almost stalkless.[2]
Phylogeny

Red pine is notable for its very constant morphology and low genetic variation throughout its range, suggesting it has been through a near extinction in its recent evolutionary history.[7][8] A genetic study of nuclear microsatellite polymorphisms among populations distributed throughout its natural range found that red pine populations from Newfoundland are genetically distinct from most mainland populations, consistent with dispersal from different glacial refugia in this highly self-pollinating species.[9]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs from Newfoundland west to Manitoba, and south to Pennsylvania, with several smaller, disjunct populations occurring in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and West Virginia, as well as a few small pockets in extreme northern New Jersey and northern Illinois.[1][10]

It can be found in a variety of habitats.
Ecology

It is intolerant of shade, but does well in windy sites; it grows best in well-drained soil. It is a long-lived tree, reaching a maximum age of about 500 years.[11]
Uses

The wood is commercially valuable in forestry for timber and paper pulp, and the tree is also used for landscaping.[citation needed]
In culture

The red pine is Minnesota's state tree.[12] In Minnesota the use of the name "Norway"[4] may stem from early Scandinavian immigrants who likened the American red pines to the Scots pines back home.[13]
References

Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus resinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42410A2978087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42410A2978087.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Moore, Gerry; Kershner, Bruce; Tufts, Craig; et al. (May 9, 2008). National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America. New York: Sterling Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4027-3875-3.
"Red Pine". dnr.state.mn.us. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Hoyt, Richard (21 September 2017). "Red Pine Tree Facts". gardenguides.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
Kral, Robert (1993). "Pinus resinosa". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 2. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Earle, Christopher J., ed. (2018). "Pinus resinosa". The Gymnosperm Database. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
Fowler, D. P.; Morris, R. W. (1977). "Genetic diversity in Red Pine: evidence for low genic heterozygosity". Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 7 (2): 343–347. doi:10.1139/x77-043.
Simon, Jean-Pierre; Bergeron, Yves; Gagnon, Daniel (1986). "Isozyme uniformity in populations of Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) in the Abitibi Region, Quebec". Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 16 (5): 1133–1135. doi:10.1139/x86-198.
Jacquelyn Boys, Marilyn Cherry, Selvadurai Dayanandan (2005). "Microsatellite Analysis Reveals Genetically Distinct Populations of Red Pine". American Journal of Botany. 92 (5): 833–841. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.5.833. PMID 21652464. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
Hilty, John (2016). "Pinus resinosa". Illinois Wildflowers. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
"Eastern OLDLIST: A database of maximum tree ages for Eastern North America". Columbia Climate School, Columbia University. Retrieved February 24, 2022 – via ldeo.columbia.edu.
"State Tree- Norway Pine". sos.state.mn.us. Minnesota Secretary of State.
Wright, Jacob J. (September 21, 2017). "What is a Norway Pine Tree?". gardenguides.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2022.