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The Nez Perce would use the ponderosa type of this tree to make their dugout canoes |
a pine
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$800 |
DJ |
DESERT PLANTS |
2015-06-29 |
#7101 |
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The most common Christmas tree in the U.S. is the Scotch species of this conifer |
a pine
|
$200 |
J |
TREES |
2011-03-29 |
#6117 |
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The Great Basin bristlecone species of this tree can live for more than 4,000 years |
a pine
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$1,000 |
J |
IT'S ALL A PLANT |
2006-06-21 |
#5028 |
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a ski slope.) The bristlecone variety of this treeis the oldest type of living tree in the U.S. & can live 4,000 years or more |
a pine
|
$400 |
J |
BOTANY |
2005-02-07 |
#4706 |
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The Douglas fir is not a true fir but a separate genus in this tree family |
pine
|
$1,200 |
DJ |
TREES |
2004-02-23 |
#4486 |
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Lodgepole, Digger & Ponderosa are species of this most important timber tree |
pine
|
$400 |
DJ |
BOTANY |
2002-02-08 |
#4020 |
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The white types of these trees grow needles in bunches of 5; the yellow types, in bunches of 2 or 3 |
pine
|
$200 |
DJ |
PLANTS & TREES |
1999-04-06 |
#3367 |
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In the Sierra Nevada, the lodgepole species of this tree grows at higher elevations than the Ponderosa |
pine
|
$500 |
J |
PLANTS & TREES |
1996-10-16 |
#2788 |
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The Ponderosa or Western yellow species of this tree lives up to 500 years |
a pine
|
$500 |
J |
PLANTS & TREES |
1996-01-10 |
#2618 |
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Rosin & turpentine are obtained from the resin of the slash & longleaf varieties of this tree |
pine
|
$400 |
DJ |
TREES |
1995-07-04 |
#2512 |
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The Scotch species of this tree is the most popular Christmas tree |
the pine
|
$100 |
J |
TREES |
1994-07-07 |
#2284 |
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The bristlecone variety of this tree in Calif.'s White Mountains may be the oldest living thing on Earth |
pine
|
$800 |
DJ |
BOTANY |
1991-07-16 |
#1602 |
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In the United States, turpentine comes chiefly from the slash & long-leaf varieties of this tree |
the pine
|
$400 |
J |
TREES |
1990-11-20 |
#1432 |
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Spruce, fir & hemlock are part of this, the largest & best-known conifer family |
Pine
|
$400 |
DJ |
FLOWERS & TREES |
1989-11-16 |
#1199 |