What sort of pine is this

[namtrak]

Dave1963 gave me these bits and pieces to try and figure out what sort of tree they come from.

The tree was planted around the 1880's and the bark is thin and smoothish. It was also very sappy when being cut.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

[fxst]

a conifir probably.....
possibly douglas fir/oregon?

[ozwinner]

Its a bit red for Irish Pine, I was thinking more Red Pine, it is very red.
The growth rings are very big for Red Pine though.

Al

[namtrak]

The inside rings are red and the outer rings are yellow. Oregon is a possibility

[beejay1]

Looks like the 100ft one in my garden which is Douglas Fir.

beejay1

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[ozwinner]

Looks like the 100ft one in my garden which is Douglas Fir.

beejay1

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Which is the same as Irish Pine

Al

[namtrak]

Which is the same as Irish Pine

Al

Which is also oregon. And I'm not sure that's it, Im now leanig towards the red pine?

Cheers

[beejay1]

Which is the same as Irish Pine

Al

We dont call it that in this part of the country Al. you are of course as always correct but its commonly called douglas, columbian or oregon seldom irish for some reason unless you live in ireland I guess. Maybe charles calls it welsh, ask him, if hes still visiting you. Regards
beejay1

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[journeyman Mick]

Beejay,
Oregon = O'reagan = Irish Pine

Mick the translator

[beejay1]

Beejay,
Oregon = O'reagan = Irish Pine

Mick the translator

Nice one Mick..liked it.
Beejay1

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[Different]

Sorry Kids it is not Oregon (Pseudotsuga Taxifolia / Pseudotsuga Menziessi)

If it was it woud have 3 pronged bracts protuding from between the cone scales (or at least the remnants of them) Also the foliage is all wrong it should have a large number if needles coming out at near 90% fron the stem.
The foliage in the photo is from the Genus Pinaceae Possibly Pinus resinosa
The number of needles in each bundle is the thing that will help Identify the tree if it has 2 needles per bundle the the above name is correct.

Ross

[namtrak]

Starting from scratch, on closer inspection the bunch of needles are groups of 3 needles. The 3 needles are all bound together at the base.

The Red Pine is a 2 needle pine.

[namtrak]

Because I know this is of great interest to you all I will keep you updated on my search for this tree.

I had narrowed the selection down to the ponderosa pine or the jeffrey pine as they both have 3 needle bunches, however both also have prickles on the cone scales (one curving inward the other outward) and this cone seems to have no prickles at all.

Back to the drawing board

[Zed]

it looks like a scotts pine to me, on the great western highway in front of the mcdonlads at springwood there are some huge specimens there. they have a weeping foliage configuration and the cones look about right. the scotts has large bark flecks that look a bit like a fish scales (if that makes any sense). dont know if I've made it any easier for you.....

one thing I can say fir certain (pun intended) is that its a pine tree of some kind.

[namtrak]

Thanks Zed, but the Scotts Pine is a 2 needle pine.