White+Pine

flat =Research:= White Pines Used by humans to make… Used by animals…
 * Lumber for construction
 * Cabinets, furniture, door frames
 * Boats, ship masts
 * Coffins
 * Matches
 * Paneling
 * Boxes and crates
 * Pulp paper
 * Young pines ate by white tailed deer and eastern cottontails
 * Squirrels, chipmunks, voles, and mice eat pine needles as well as seeds
 * Many birds (Chickadees, Pine warbler…) eat pine seeds
 * Birds such as bald eagles nest in white pines
 * Woodpeckers, squirrels, and chickadees (cavity dwellers) build holes in white pine

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[] White Pine’s Uses:
 * White Pine- Pinus strobus**
 * State tree in Michigan and Maine
 * Needles in clusters of five
 * Only native tree in PA to have five needles per cluster
 * Needles are bluish green
 * Cones are 5-8 inches long
 * Usually reach 50 to 90 feet high
 * Keeps needles all year long
 * Needles usually grow 5 inches long
 * Bark is gray and smooth when the tree is young and becomes rougher when it gets older
 * Can live over 400 years.
 * One of the most valuable timber trees

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 * The tree’s pine needles has a lot of Vitamin C five times more than lemons
 * The pine needles can make good herb tea
 * To remove tapeworms or nematodes with pine tar mixed with beer.
 * Dandruff can be treated with pine tar and sulfur
 * Small white pines can be used as live Christmas trees due to the fact that they hold their nines well even after a long time after harvested and are good with people how have allergies.

White Pine:
 * Scientific name: Pinus strobus
 * Fairly soft, long seed cones (pine cones)
 * Can be found in a variety of habitats
 * The eastern white pine is the largest tree in Virginia
 * Grows 50-100ft. tall
 * Had a life span of 200 years (can live up to 450 years)
 * It is an evergreen that keeps needles all year long
 * Michigan’s state tree
 * The tallest is located in Marquette, Michigan, standing 180 feet high
 * Of the northeastern conifers, the white pine is the largest
 * 5 needles in a bundle (only conifer east of the Rocky Mountains that possess this trait)
 * the lumber is useful for building homes

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=Information:= White Pine (//Pinus strobus//) The White Pine is an evergreen conifer, with 5 needles in a bundle that can grow between 50-100 feet high. This tree has a life span of 200 years, but can actually live over 400 years. The White Pine is the state tree of Maine and Michigan. Home for animals and used in peoples’ homes; the white pine has many uses and is very interesting.

Maggie Prutznal, Danielle Bowser, Donna Jean Roberts, Ryan Young

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White Pine (//Pinus strobus//)

The White Pine is an evergreen conifer, with 5 needles in a bundle that can grow between 50-100 feet high. This tree has a life span of 200 years, but can actually live over 400 years. The White Pine is the state tree of Maine and Michigan. Home for animals and used in peoples’ homes; the white pine has many uses and is very interesting.

Maggie Prutznal, Danielle Bowser, Donna Jean Roberts, Ryan Young