Leaves

• 10 – 16.5 cm. long
• needle-shaped leaves
• shiny and dark green in colour
• one flat and one rounded side
• usually in clusters of two

Cones

• 4 – 6 cm. long
• oval-shaped
• often dull and mottled in colour
• scales slightly thicker at tips
• maturing and opening in autumn
• cones shed in spring

Bark

• reddish and scaly on young trees
• reddish-brown with shallow furrows in long, flat, scaly plates on old trunks

General

• Red Pine has the longest needles of any eastern Canadian Pine
• usually reaches a height of 18 – 24 m. with a 50 – 100 cm. diameter
• In Newfoundland its distribution is sparse
• situated mainly in small isolated stands
• characterized by a limbless trunk and symmetrical, oval crown
• grows in pure stands mixed with spruces and fir
• prefers deep sand or gravel soils
• because of its rareness, efforts are being made to make Red Pine a protected species