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How old and common are pine trees like this?
Posted on 10/20/24 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 10/20/24 at 12:51 pm
This tree is on my parent's property and was already too large to climb when I was a kid. The branches were too high and it was really thick in diameter. My earliest recollection of it was 65 years ago.
I'm not sure which species of pine, but I measured the circumference around the tree at 4' off the ground and it was 157".
Any idea how old this tree might be, what species it is, and if this is an unusual age in north Louisiana for this species? The picture doesn't do it justice. It's massive from underneath and standing off to the side.
I'm not sure which species of pine, but I measured the circumference around the tree at 4' off the ground and it was 157".
Any idea how old this tree might be, what species it is, and if this is an unusual age in north Louisiana for this species? The picture doesn't do it justice. It's massive from underneath and standing off to the side.
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Posted on 10/20/24 at 1:08 pm to HubbaBubba
Pretty sure it's a shortleaf pine judging by the shape. Not a rare tree if so.
Posted on 10/20/24 at 1:42 pm to HubbaBubba
Could be a spruce pine. My grandparents had 4-5 in their yard. Limbed all the way to the ground.
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:54 pm to White Bear
Probably shortleaf pine.Pick off a few needles and google it.
They used to make knotty pine paneling from trees like that.
They used to make knotty pine paneling from trees like that.
Posted on 10/20/24 at 5:56 pm to HubbaBubba
Usually pine trees in the wide open like that are not nearly as old as you think.
Posted on 10/20/24 at 6:06 pm to HubbaBubba
Loblolly pine
That one there is what would be known as a wolf pine
That one there is what would be known as a wolf pine
Posted on 10/20/24 at 6:19 pm to Ron Cheramie
That's not a wolf pine.
Posted on 10/20/24 at 8:49 pm to HubbaBubba
quote:
That's not a wolf pine.
That is the text book definition of a wolf pine
Posted on 10/20/24 at 8:52 pm to Ron Cheramie
Elaborate please
Posted on 10/20/24 at 10:21 pm to Ron Cheramie
quote:Nope.
That is the text book definition of a wolf pine
Posted on 10/20/24 at 10:25 pm to HubbaBubba
Probably a loblolly but slang would be bull, wolf or field pine. Has limbs to the ground because of the sun hitting it. Catches fertilizer and puts off lots of needles.
Posted on 10/20/24 at 10:49 pm to Jaspermac
Posted on 10/21/24 at 5:31 am to HubbaBubba
One of about 5 species commonly referred to as Southern Yellow Pine (SYP). Very common. It having limbs to the ground is kind of unusual but it is also a little strange at the top. They mostly all look alike but they will grown differently depending on location. Unfortunately not much value. As far as lumber goes the lack of a long straight trunk to the bottom limbs means there isn't much straight lumber in it without a lot of tension. Even if it were a typical SYP it would not have much value because the lumber and construction industry has lobbied for almost exclusive use of PNW Douglas Fir and our native SYP, which was used for hundreds of years green as a gourd to build structures, have been relegated to pressure treated wood and trusses almost exclusively. Its "better" to harvest a Douglas Fir in Oregon and bake it and ship it to the south than to harvest a SYP in the south...better for the lumber and shipping industries, not for the consumer of lumber products.
Posted on 10/21/24 at 1:30 pm to HubbaBubba
House on our street lost a big pine during Beryl. Trunk was 4’ diameter and I counted 120 rings.
Posted on 10/22/24 at 9:26 am to HubbaBubba
I would have climbed all over that mfer, get a leg or hand up to the first limb and your off and climbing. There's two long leaf's in my back yard that would dwarf that puny thing. Looks like the top broke off sometime in its growth.
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