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Name: Deb Planet Earth (Zone 8b)   Bonehead Dec 6, 2017 4:02 PM CST |
I bought this from a local Pacific NW Christmas tree farm (now out of business) as a seedling. I am not real familiar with pines, and have been trying to identify which type of pine this is. Any help? I want to live in a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motives being questioned. |
Perthshire. SCOTLAND. UK     Silversurfer Dec 6, 2017 5:32 PM CST |
| Hmm. Very hard from a pic. Suggest you try this key...search 2 needle pines. http://arnoldia.arboretum.harv... |
Name: Deb Planet Earth (Zone 8b) Bonehead Dec 6, 2017 7:18 PM CST |
| Thanks Silver. I always like using botanic keys but often have a hard time finding ones that are not too technical for me. I'll stomp out in the field and see if I can work my way through this one. Our native pines on the west side of Washington are lodgepole and western white, but that doesn't mean a tree farm might have planted something else. I want to live in a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motives being questioned. |
Name: John Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) You can't have too many viburnums..              ViburnumValley Dec 6, 2017 10:42 PM CST |
| Agree with the two-needle pine prognosis; if this was in the eastern US, you would have more-or-less Pinus nigra and Pinus sylvestris to choose between. And that would be easy, because Scots Pine has quite short needles compared to Austrian Pine's quite long needles. In the PNW, you can probably grow a lot more species less often seen out here in the Ohio River valley region. You could provide more images of the WHOLE plant, as well as some images of any stray cones around, the bark on new branches, older branches, and the trunk. Those can provide some positive ID qualities, too. Additional 2-needle pines that are planted as ornamentals: Pinus densiflora Japanese Red Pine Pinus mugo Mugo Pine Pinus resinosa Red Pine, Norway Pine Pinus thunbergii Japanese Black Pine Pinus virginiana Virginia Pine, Poverty Pine Pinus pungens Table Mountain Pine Pinus banksiana Jack Pine John |
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