Red pine facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Red Pine
Trees at Sherburne NWR, Minnesota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Pinus
Subgenus:	Pinus
Species:	P. resinosa
Binomial name
Pinus resinosa Sol. ex Aiton

The Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) is a pine native to northeastern North America. The Red Pine grows in the area from Newfoundland west to southeast Manitoba, and south to northern Illinois and Pennsylvania, with a small outlying population in the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia. In the Upper Midwest of the United States it is sometimes known by the confusing name Norway Pine even though it is not native to Norway. It is the state tree of Minnesota.

Images for kids

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  An old tree in Itasca State Park, Minnesota

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  Pollen cones in spring

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  Cone (scale in cm)

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  Red pine boughs, showing yellowing and abscission of older foliage in the autumn.

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  Tree roots anchor the structure and provide water and nutrients. The ground has eroded away around the roots of this young red pine tree.

See also

In Spanish: Pino rojo americano para niños