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of fallen cones is hollow.They mature in
the fall of the second season and usually
remain on the branches until the follow-
ing summer. Cones may be collected for
seeds from September throughout the
fall and winter, due to their gradual
release of seed.
The wood is a little heavier and
harder than white pine, close-grained,
and fairly strong. It is used for lumber,
poles, piles, building construction and
pulp. It is treated readily with wood
preservatives, and therefore is a locally-
produced alternative to southern yellow
pine. Older stands produce large, high-
value poles.
Owing to the reddish bark and
the pale red heartwood, the name “red
pine” is appropriate.The name “Norway
pine” refers to its original finding near
Norway, Maine. Since it implies that The reddish-brown bark of the red pine is divided
the tree is foreign in origin, use of this into broad, flat ridges by shallow fissures.
name is discouraged.

MAINE REGISTER OF BIG TREES 2008
Red Pine Circumference: 88'' Height: 96' Crown Spread: 36' Location: Weld Nominator: M. Gill 1988

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