Towns Named for Pine Trees
The United States has named many of our towns, cities, and villages after trees; pines are among them. The Pines, Pine Furnace, Pine...
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Pinus Virginiana
I have been considering the interesting aspects of Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine/spruce pine/Jersey pine) lately, and have decided to...
Basically every single thing you could possibly utilise from conifers
The complete uses list for pines and other conifers Chewing gum from spruce Hats from longleaf pine (and potentially red pine) Fiber from...
Poisonous pines
Are there poisonous pines? It seems so, yes. The Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) contains a toxic substance. Ponderosa pine may cause...
Some Interesting Uses of Pines
Water for the Canary Islands The wind that blows off the ocean of the Canary Islands is humid. Unfortunately, it's not so easy to harvest...
Cedar in The Bible
An article from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, the entry being "Cedar", and edited by me for accuracy, clarity, &...
Burning pine cones
This is not coppicing. Pollarding and coppicing are methods of obtaining firewood without cutting down trees, requiring new planting,...
Just Claims, No Data
On the internet, ‘research’ has sunken to the level of merely reiterating a statement until it becomes unified as truth. When I research...
Unsettled: Pine Needles Contain Calcium
The dry weight of pine needles contains 0.55% calcium (ca) by percentage. Thus, rounded off to 0.50%, it would take two-hundred mg to get...
All Pines Provide Health Benefits
Pinus densiflora and P. sylvestris get a lot of attention by researchers, while numerous pines, most famously the Ponderosa pine, are...
Unsettled: Sugar as a Product of Pine
The USDA many decades back researched Pinus strobus for its ascorbic acid and carbohydrate content. They found that pine contains up to...
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