Pine

Austrian pine (Pinus nigra) tolerates well both hot and colder temperatures, also drought. This is due to the dense horizontal root system that goes deeper than most Pinus species'. (Magyar 1960) As a tree that feels itself home mostly in continental mountain ranges and the Mediterranean climate, its home range stretches from Iberia through the Alps to the Taurus mountains in Asia Minor. It is medium to fast growing with a pyramidal crown. It is mostly resistant to breakage. (Gilman-Watson,…

The Pine Creek Rail-Trail travels for 62 miles along the railroad beds of several former Pine Creek Railroads. Eighteen miles of the trail follow the floor of the Pine Creek Gorge, also referred to as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania. On smooth crushed stone, the mostly level trail runs from Stokesdale Junction, outside of Wellsboro, PA to Jersey Shore, PA, through the historically rich and timeless Pine Creek Valley. The railroad along Pine Creek opened in 1883 as the Jersey Shore, Pine Creek,…

“Wayward Pines” season 2’s release date has already been confirmed and word has it that it will feature more suspense and drama when it returns this summer. After initial speculations on the cancellation of “Wayward Pines” were proven wrong, Fox Entertainment President David Madden revealed that season 2 of the high-rating series has gotten the green light. Madden said the show was a huge success and that they were thrilled with the fans’ response to M. Night Shyamalan’s mysterious story,…

The CREW Marsh trails are composed of four ecosystems: pine flatwoods, marsh, pop ash slough, and hammock. Each of these ecosystems have different soils and vegetation. The first trail that I took was the Pine Flatwood trail. I found that the ground was flat and sandy, and there were little to no puddles or mud on the ground. As the name of the trail suggested, the majority of the trees in this ecosystem were tall pines, though I did see some palm trees. There was a lot of open air, and…

After about one-hundred years, merely just in teenage years for these trees, they start shedding their old black bark and show a warm yellow bark. They are called vanilla pines, because when they shed their bark, they have a sweet smell like vanilla. In the west they have many forest fires, and storms. However, for these vanilla pines, they don’t go down without a fight. When hit by lightning, "it flash-boils the sap, and it just blows the bark off. It doesn't burn the tree," -Hirst. They are…

to be books that kids can relate to. Pat Morar’s collection of books will stimulate children’s imagination and their creativity by making them feel more interest in the things around them and increase their culture. Mora’s book titled A Piñata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas is “A festive Latino twist on "The Twelve Days of Christmas," populated with piñatas in place of partridges.” She does an exceptional job combing both English and Spanish as well Latin culture into…

of the darkness, there was the distinguishable sound of a match being struck, out of which a small circle of light emitted and illuminated the crouching figure. The girl touched the match to a pink candle and a snap of light broke the dark. Mabel Pines worked quickly, placing down crystals and flowers and candles on the floor in a sort of organized chaos, being careful to not make a sound. If her parents woke up and saw what she was doing, they would most likely murder her. She had planned this…

"So this is White Pines," my nephew grinned, his dark brown eyes darted here and there as he took in the scene before him. "This is it," I answered, wishing I could crawl inside his head and see his first impressions of our simple mountain home. Deep inside I believed curiosity had been the impetus behind my nephew's visit. Had we lived a "normal" life, I'm not so sure he would have ever made the trip, especially by himself. We felt honored that my nephew had come all the way…

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The significance of the pine tree in Noh Theater is to represent that the setting will take place in the spirit world. What is significant is that it has four pillars to make the stage as easy to view to the audience. With this set up, it’s easy to understand that everything is preferred in the open. The actors wear mask, their vision is reduced and so they have to rely on the pillars to guide themselves. In Noh Theater the music that is played uses four instruments consisting of sometime of…