red pine
noun
1
: a North American pine (Pinus resinosa) that has reddish bark and two long needles in each cluster
2
: the relatively hard wood of the red pine that consists chiefly of sapwood
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Researchers reconstruct the fire history of the land The red pine trees that dot the sandbar peninsulas can survive fires, which leave behind distinctive scars in the tree rings.
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Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Leitch apportioned blame on the basis that McDougall had ignored stipulations in the contract by using shorter length joists and substituting red pine for weaker yellow pine.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
And there are many other old-growth forests across the continent – including northeastern spruce fir and northern hardwoods forests, Great Lakes red pine and jack pine woodlands, southern Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests, and Great Basin bristlecone pines reaching nearly 5,000 years old.
—Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Towering white and red pines sighed softly overhead.
—Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Leitch apportioned blame on the basis that McDougall had ignored stipulations in the contract by using shorter length joists and substituting red pine for weaker yellow pine.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
And there are many other old-growth forests across the continent – including northeastern spruce fir and northern hardwoods forests, Great Lakes red pine and jack pine woodlands, southern Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests, and Great Basin bristlecone pines reaching nearly 5,000 years old.
—Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Towering white and red pines sighed softly overhead.
—Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Red pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20pine. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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