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| Image:Ragged Fringed Orchis.jpg Platanthera lacera
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| Platanthera lacera L. |
Ragged Fringed Orchis (Platanthera lacera) is a small Platanthera native to eastern North America, except Florida, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and Manitoba, and south to Texas (1).
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[edit] Description
It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five (rarely 3 or 4), with a deciduous sheath. They are flexible, blue-green, finely ser well-drained soil and cool, humid climates, but also grow in boggy areas and rocky highlands.
[edit] Range and dimensions
The Eastern White Pine has the distinction of being the tallest tree in eastern North America. White pine forests originally covered much of northeastern North America, though in the 1.2 to 1.4 m (4-4.5 ft) diameter class. A typical large white pine will be in the 3.0 to 3.7 m (10-12 ft) circumference range. Undocumented reports from colonial America reported diameters of virgin white pines of up to 8 feet in diameter (Ling, 2003).
Total trunk volumes of the largest white pines are around 28 cubic meters (1,000 cubic feet) with some past giants reaching 45 m (150 foot) trees in the Northeast. At present one hundred ten trees have been measured to heights of 45 m (150 feet) or more. A private property in Claremont New Hampshire has about sixty white pines in the 45 m (150 ft) height class. Beyond the three mentioned properties, sites with 45 m (150 foot) trees typically have from one to fifteen, with most of the sites having less than ten.
[edit] Uses and symbolism
During the age of sail, the tall trees with their high quality wood were valued for masts, and many trees were marked in colonial times with the broad ]] [[can find light brown pine layer) was carefully separated from the hard, dark brown bark and
[edit] References
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- Nizalowski, E. 1997. The mystery of the Pumpkin Pine. Newark Valley Historical Society, Newark, NY.
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