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Title: An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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hort. Cones, long oval, thescales with minute prickles. Sandy soil, forming extensive forests,northern N. Y, and W. New England. 4. P, pungens, Miclix. Table Mountain Pine, Large tree. Leavesmostly in 2s, sheath of leaves 5/12 to 8/12 in. long. Cones oval, scaleswith awllike spines at extremities uhich curve downward. Mountainsin southern part of our area and further south, 5. P. echinata, Mill. Yellow Pine. Very large forest tree. Conespyramidal, about 2 in, long, extremities of scales of cone with small,straight spines, which do not curve downward. Southern part of our areaand southward, 6. P. rigida, Mill. (Fig. 5, pi. 2.) Pitch Pine, A forest tree 50to 80 ft. high. Leaves stout and stifT, Cones ovoid to globular, 1 to 2 in,long. Scales wedge-shaped, each with a recurved spine. Common, espe-cially in what are known as Pine Barrens. 7. P. Taeda, L. Old Field Pine, Large forest tree in the southernstates, only rarely in the southern section of our region. Pollen cones PINE FA^IILY 87
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^ ^/i Plate 21. Pinus strobus. 2. P. resinosa. 3. P. virginiana. 4. P. divaricata,5. P. rigida. 88 PINACEAE terminal, long, almost cylindric. Fertile cones 6 to 10 in. long, 2 in.thick. Scales large with a ridge running transversely, a recurved pointat its center. 8. P. strobus, L. (Fig. 1, pi. 2.) White Pine. One of the largestof the pines. Formerly very common throughout our region. Young treesstill quite common. Leaves more slender than either of the foregoingspecies, light green, 3 to 5 in. long. Cones cylindric, 3 to 5 in. long,without prickles on the scales. 9. P. sylvestris, L. Scotch Pine. Cultivated species, at some pointsnaturalized in our region. Leaves in 2s. 3. PICEA, Link. Trees with rough bark, leaves all needle-formed, 1/3 to 2/3 in. long, notincluded in a sheath but each leaf is separately inserted. The spiralmanner of insertion of the leaves gives the appearance of a cylindricbrush to the leafy branch, the 4-angled leaves spreading in all directions.They are borne up

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