When do pinecones fall off the tree????
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In pines most of the cones are viviparous or their embryos grow in the cones. when they are still on the plant  the cones bears baby plants .At that time the cone (big flower)falls from the tree
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did the tree fall from natural causes? was it rotten? do you own the property? Do you need a lawyer because someone wants to press charges/sue? I doubt if you are looking for a serious answer..good luck
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I try to "Stop and Smell the Flowers" every chance I get. Even in the winter on the coldest days, you can still smell the pines, especially when it snows for some reason. I have never quite understood why. I have plants around my house and even when they are not in bloom they have an aroma. I love the smell of tomato leaves.
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Pine, common name for a family of coniferous trees, mostly evergreen, of widespread distribution in the temperate areas of the Northern hemisphere, and for its representative genus. The family, which contains 194 species in 9 genera, has enormous economic importance as a source of timber and wood pulp, among other products. Members of the family characteristically have spirally arranged, needle-shaped leaves. In several genera—for example, cedar and larch—the leaves are mostly borne in clusters or rosettes on short branches, or spurs.\n\nThe members of the pine family have separate female and male cones; the former produce the seeds, and the latter the pollen. Male and female cones are produced on the same plant; the seed-bearing cones are woody when mature; the seeds are winged. The family is distinguished from other conifers on the basis of its seed cones. Each of the flattened scales on which the seeds are borne is underlain by a distinct, sterile bract (reduced leaf) that may be shorter than and hidden by the scale, or may have a protruding and visible tip. The seed cones are drooping in all members of the family except the firs and a small genus confined to southern China and south-eastern Asia. All members of the family are evergreen except the larches.\n\nThe pine genus itself is the largest in the family, with 93 species, only about 13 of which are native to Europe. Pines grow in a wide range of habitats, from sea level to altitudes of 2,400 m (7,874 ft) in Europe and are distinguished from other members of the family by the leaves, which are in bundles. Each bundle contains a specific number of leaves, depending on the species, with a sheath of short, scale-like leaves at the base.\n\nPines can be divided into two groups, hard pines and soft pines, based on the number of needles per bundle and other characteristics. The hard pines have needles in bundles of two or three, and the scale leaves at the base persist in mature bundles. The wood is usually hard, with a close grain. Well-known species include the Scots pine, which is the only species of pine native to Britain and is the dominant tree of the great Caledonian forests of Scotland. It is also widespread in Europe, especially on light soils on high ground. It is a distinct tree with a small, often lopsided crown and long bare trunk with reddish bark in the upper part. The Austrian pine grows on alkaline and neutral soils in central and southern Europe. It is widely planted for timber. The stone pine is a Mediterranean species with a characteristic umbrella shape. It is grown both as an ornamental and for the edible seeds, sold as pine kernels.\n\nThe soft pines have needles in bundles of five, and the scale leaves fall away from the mature bundles. Their wood is soft and has a coarse grain. There are few native European soft pines but a number of North American and Asian species are widely grown. One native species is the arolla pine, a mountain tree growing at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,400 m (4,921 and 7,874 ft) in the Alps and Carpathian mountains. The Bhutan pine is a Himalayan tree frequently planted for its semi-weeping foliage. Bristlecone pines are native to North America. The Great Basin bristlecone, which can live more than 5,000 years, is possibly one of the oldest living things on the planet. Through analysis of the annual rings of these trees, scientists can gain information on the climate thousands of years ago.\n\nBoth pine groups are economically important for their timber, pulp, tar, and turpentine, and for their use as ornamentals. Other members of the pine family include Douglas fir, hemlock fir, and spruce.\n\nScientific classification: Pines make up the family Pinaceae. Its representative genus is Pinus. Cedars are classified in the genus Cedrus, the larches in the genus Larix, and firs in the genus Abies. The Scots pine is classified as Pinus sylvestris, the Austrian pine as Pinus nigra, the stone pine as Pinus pinea, the arolla pine a
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They don't actually "drink" when they are cut like that, they just postpone the bottom from drying out and becoming brittle faster, although it seems the water goes away and you have to refill it often, what is actually absorbed into the branches is very little, which is why there is shedding of needles. And check the bottom of the cut flat area for a slimy-like layer, it works like a bandaid, and less water will be absorbed.\n\nFor the tree to drink, they have to have "feeders" (which are the thinner webbings of roots attached to the larger roots) to absorb the water so it can then travel through each of the "rings" of the tree up to the branches. Even damaged roots won't "drink" as much if it is trying to repair itself from a surface wound,which is easily done by running a lawn mower over exposed roots of older trees that have too little soil around them.\n\nEach ring represents a season, you can actually tell how much water it got each year by the spaces between each ring, outter layers are the newest season
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either the connections in the branches are not connecting or the tree is drying. They really don't last long.
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What we do, is get one, at the earliest 3 weeks before christmas. Trees last a long time, but if you get it too early, by christmas the needles will still be green, but they will be stiff and no where near as soft as they used to be. If your getting one soon, what my family allways does, is water it. every morning and afternoon around 3 or 4 hours before going to bed, check the water level, 1.5 inches above the bottem is when it should be watered again. Trees usually dirnk about hmm i would say 4-6 cups of water a day. maybe more. Another tip that is said to help keep the trees happy is put an asprin in the water.\nGood luck with the tree! Hope you Christmas goes well! :)
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Yes, deciduous trees like oaks and maples will lose their leaves in winter, even if the winter season is very, very short. Palm trees keep their leaves year round, so it could be considered an evergreen too even if it's not a pine or cedar.
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The Colorado Spruce may share similar properties to Lodgepole Pines. Look up some information on the 1988 fires of Yellowstone.\n\n"Many of Yellowstone’s plant species are fire-adapted. Some (not all) of the lodgepole pines (Pinus contorta), which make up nearly 80% of the park’s extensive forests, have cones that are serotinous sealed by resin until the intense heat of fire cracks the bonds and releases the seeds inside. Fires may stimulate regeneration of sagebrush, aspen, and willows, but the interactions between these plants and fire is complicated by other influences such as grazing levels and climate. Though above-ground parts of grasses and forbs are consumed by flames, the below-ground root systems typically remain unharmed, and for a few years after fire these plants commonly increase in productivity.\n\n\nhttp://www.nps.gov/yell/nature/fire/
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I also live in Wyoming, but at 7,500 feet.  I have cottonwood and aspen in my yard.  Visit with your local tree nursey in Cody and they should be able to help you out.  \n\nAlso, if pine beetle is the problem, they are species specific and should not be attacking you spruce.
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It is the bristlecone pine of the white mountains of california at an age of ~ 4500 years.  However, there are some tree systems, where the tree is directly linked to a tree before it, i.e. it grew out of the tree or is an offshoot, that date back over 10000 years.  These typically occur in rainforests.
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By and large, trees don't have absolute lifespans, as animals do. \n\nAccording to The Straight Dope, the most striking illustration of this is the bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata. A 1948 field guide noted that bristlecones reached maturity in 200-250 years, with "extreme ages of 300-375 years." Yet only 10 years later a researcher discovered a stand of bristlecones whose average age exceeded 4,000 years and in one case 4,600 years.\n\nOther examples are less dramatic but still instructive. Red maples live 80-250 years, American chestnuts 100-300, white oaks 300-600, bald cypress 600-1,200. These extremely broad ranges suggest that assigning a "life span" to trees is merely a statistical convenience rather than a reflection of an inherent limit. It would not be surprising (to me, anyway) if much older examples of these species were found.
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TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION - ITS FALL!\n ( but it sounds cute)
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Pines are coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authors accept anything from 105 to 125 species.This is basically due to some confusion in the regional variations.\n\nP.S. : If you want i can give you the list of all the pine species discovered till date.
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The pine; it's got cones.
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thats cause thats when the leaves fall. so its called fall season. seriously.
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no. You don't count the rings on the bark. YOu count the rings from a cross-section of the trunk, and the ways to do that is to cut the tree down, which kills it, OR take a core sample, which may or may not kill it.\n\nThe rings from the trunk of the tree are created by the growth of the season (when the new soft wood is created into old hard heartwood), so basically it is going from "old bark to new bark". The thicker the ring, the more growth.\n\nFor the love of everything, do not listen to anybody that says yes. The bark has no rings. The trunk is the only thing that has the rings. Humans have killed a bristlecone pine tree dating OVER 4500 years old! \n\nfor more information go to:\nhttp://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/dendro.html\nhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/treering.html\nand to really show you some good pic on the tree rings\nhttp://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan02/treering.html