Pitch Pine - Pinus rigida

 Pinaceae - Pine Family
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 71
Pitch Pine Tree
Pinus rigida

Spring

young fertile twig, pitch pine

The gap above the cone may have borne male cones in same year (2011). Milton, MA

Photo by ophis

expanding male cones, pitch pine

Forming collar at base of 1st year twig. Milton, MA 5/19/13

Photo by ophis

Summer

Fall 

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Winter

The Champion Pitch Pine Trees

The Champion American Forest Pitch Pine Tree lives in Merrimack, New Hampshire.  It is 108 feet tall and has a circumference of 108 inches.
http://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/pitch-pine-pinus-rigida-2/

My favorite Pitch Pine Tree

My favorite Pitch Pine Tree lives at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville.
For the love of the trees,
Becky