The long needles cause a very tufted look to the tree canopy. Bark on the red pine is scaly and red-orange in color in younger trees and platy and reddish brown in older trees. Cones are egg-shaped, ...

Each pinecone scale — the part that flares out — can harbor a seed. To help propagate future generations of pine trees, pinecones from Minnesota’s native red (Norway) and eastern white pines ...

A mature red pine, also called Norway pine, is a tall, straight overstory tree that thrives in cold winters and cool summers. It’s the official Minnesota state tree and a valued target of its ...

This type of tree is also one of the most common of small trees in the urban landscape. It will grow from sea level to nearly 5,000'. Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) ...