red pine Pinus resinosa Kingdom: Plantae FEATURES Division: Coniferophyta The red pine is also known as the Norway pine, but Class: Pinopsida it is a native of North America. This tree may grow to Order: Pinales 150 feet tall with a trunk diameter of three feet. Its crown is pyramid-shaped. The red-brown bark is Family: Pinaceae divided into plates. The dark-green needles, ILLINOIS STATUS arranged in clusters of two, may be six inches long. The male (staminate) flowers are in purple spikes up common, native to one-half inch long. The female (pistillate) flowers © Guy Sternberg are in red clusters. The fruit is an ovoid cone, about two inches long. The cone scales are smooth. The triangular seed may be up to one-eighth inch long with a wing about three-fourths inch long.

BEHAVIORS The red pine may be found in north-central Illinois. It grows in dry, rocky woods. Its wood is used in building ships and bridges and for general construction.

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Woodland Habitats coniferous forests

Prairie and Edge Habitats none

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