Red pine?

[Enplater]

Can someone tell me if this is red pine? I mostly have white pine here but do have a few of these. Located in southern New Hampshire.

 

[Kevin Weis]

That's a good bet but would to see leaf (needle) bundles and length of same to be sure.

 

[peakbagger]

Looks like to to me. Usually they grow in stands.

 

[lindnova]

Looks like one or similar. That's a big one.

Red(Norway) are similar to ponderosa, but ponderosa are found in the west unless planted.

 

[CincyBurner]

Austrian pine (P. nigra) bark is darker with a fuller, denser crown.
Red pine (P. resinosa) bark has some tinge of red, and its form is tall (90'), with clear trunk with and an oval crown (small short branches extending off of main trunk) giving it a 'bottle-brush' appearance.

Pick a live fascicle. Both are 2-needled fascicles of same length (4"-6"), but the red pine needles will break cleanly (snap) when bent. It's a good, quick distinguishing characteristic (D.C.) to ID between the two.

 

[Knots]

The "pines" section of this may help:

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/publications/handbooks_guides/forest_trees/index.html

 

[peakbagger]

I need to retract my Red Pine guess and switch to Pitch Pine. NH has some patches of Pine Barrens.

https://extension.unh.edu/goodforestry/html/7-4.htm

 

[Enplater]

Thanks for the help!

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Looks similar to red pine.

 

[billb3]

We don't have red pine here ( unless they were planted )

white pine = needle bunch of 5
pitch pine = needle bunch of 3
red pine = needle bunch o 2