RED PINE; NORWAY Pare (Pinus resinosa, Ait.). 75 to 140 feet. Tall, straight tree, with broad, pyramidal head often branched to the ground. Bark reddish, with shallow fissures and broad ridges. Wood red, light, hard, close grained, used in building houses, bridges, and ships. Leaves 2 in each dose sheath, 5 to 6 inches long, flexible, soft, dark green, with a row of pale dots; fall during fourth or fifth year. Flowers staminate in purple spikes, near tip of shoot; pistillate red, in 3's on end of twig. Fruits ovate cones, 1 to 3 inches
long, brown, shining, without prickles, shedding seeds early in the second autumn. Cones persist. Dist.: Southern Can ada and Northern States, from Maine to Minnesota; south to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Preferred habitat light, sandy soil and rocky ridges. Handsomest pitch pine for parks and home grounds in Northern States.