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The Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) is a small-to-medium sized (6-30 m) tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
, often contorted due to fire or weather. This pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
 occasionally hybridizes with other pine species such as Loblolly Pine
Loblolly Pine

Pinus taeda is one of several pines native to the Southeastern United States United States. The trees reach a height of 30-35 m with a diameter of 0.4-1.5 m ....
 (P. taeda), Shortleaf Pine
Shortleaf Pine

Pinus echinata is a species of pine native to the Eastern United States United States from southern New York south to northern Florida, west to the extreme southeast of Kansas, and southwest to eastern Texas....
 (P. echinata), and Pond Pine
Pond Pine

The Pond Pine is a tree found along the Atlantic Ocean coastal plain of the Eastern United States United States, from southern New Jersey south to Florida and west to southern Alabama....
 (P. serotina); the last is treated as a subspecies
Subspecies

In biology, subspecies is the taxonomic rank immediately subordinate to a species. A subspecies is a taxonomic group which is less distinct than the Common descent or species from which it originates....
 of Pitch Pine by some botanists.

The Pitch Pine is found mainly in the northeastern
Northeastern United States

The Northeast is a region of the United States. According to the definition used by the United States Census Bureau, the Northeast region consists of nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....
 United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, from Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
 and Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 to Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
 and northern Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
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The Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) is a small-to-medium sized (6-30 m) tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
, often contorted due to fire or weather. This pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
 occasionally hybridizes with other pine species such as Loblolly Pine
Loblolly Pine

Pinus taeda is one of several pines native to the Southeastern United States United States. The trees reach a height of 30-35 m with a diameter of 0.4-1.5 m ....
 (P. taeda), Shortleaf Pine
Shortleaf Pine

Pinus echinata is a species of pine native to the Eastern United States United States from southern New York south to northern Florida, west to the extreme southeast of Kansas, and southwest to eastern Texas....
 (P. echinata), and Pond Pine
Pond Pine

The Pond Pine is a tree found along the Atlantic Ocean coastal plain of the Eastern United States United States, from southern New Jersey south to Florida and west to southern Alabama....
 (P. serotina); the last is treated as a subspecies
Subspecies

In biology, subspecies is the taxonomic rank immediately subordinate to a species. A subspecies is a taxonomic group which is less distinct than the Common descent or species from which it originates....
 of Pitch Pine by some botanists.

The Pitch Pine is found mainly in the northeastern
Northeastern United States

The Northeast is a region of the United States. According to the definition used by the United States Census Bureau, the Northeast region consists of nine states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....
 United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, from Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
 and Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 to Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
 and northern Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. A few stands occur in southern Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
 and Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
. This pine occupies a variety of habitats from dry, acidic sandy uplands to swampy lowlands, and can survive in very poor conditions; it is the primary tree of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens (New Jersey)

The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is a heavily forested area covering 1.1 1000000 acres of coastal plain across South Jersey....
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The needles are in fascicles of three, about 6-13 cm in length, and are stout (over 1 mm broad) and often slightly twisted. The cones are 4-7 cm long and oval with prickles on the scales. The species is unusual in often having shoots (called epicormic sprouts) that can grow directly from the trunk. This is an adaptation to fire, enabling trees to re-sprout after fire has killed the crown; the thick bark protects the trunk from damage unless the fire is very severe. Burnt trees often form stunted, twisted trees with multiple trunks as a result of the resprouting. This characteristic also makes it a popular species for bonsai
Bonsai

Bonsai 'Bonsai' is a Japanese pronunciation of the earlier Chinese term penzai . The word bonsai is used in the West as an umbrella term for all miniature trees in containers or pots....
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The Pitch Pine is not a major timber tree, due to the frequency of multiple or crooked trunks; nor is it as fast-growing as other eastern American pines. However it grows well on unfavourable sites. In the past, it was a major source of pitch
Pitch (resin)

Pitch is the name for any of a number of highly viscosity liquids which appear solid. Pitch can be made from petroleum products or plants. Petroleum-derived pitch is also called bitumen....
 and timber for ship building, mine timbers, and railroad ties, because the wood's high resin content preserves it from decay. The wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
 of Pitch Pine was also used for building radio towers in Germany as at Muehlacker
Transmitter Muehlacker

The M?hlacker Broadcasting Transmission Facility is a radio transmission facility near M?hlacker, Germany, first put into service in 1930. It uses two guyed steel tube masts as aerials and one guyed steel framework mast, which are insulated against ground....
 and at Ismaning
Transmitter Ismaning

The Transmitter Ismaning is a large radio station inaugurated in 1932. From 1932 to 1934 this transmitter, which replaced the transmitter in Munich-Stadelheim, used an T-antenna as transmitting antenna, which was hung up two 115-meter-high freestanding wood framework towers....
. Nowadays Pitch Pine is used mainly for rough construction, pulp, crating, and fuel.