K & P Flora - EASTERN WHITE PINE Traditional Cache
K & P Flora - EASTERN WHITE PINE
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L & L camoed in a familiar place.
We so enjoyed putting out the K & P Ticket and Fauna series, that we thought we would continue along the trail. This time, the theme is the FLORA. If you see any of the trees or flowers mentioned, please feel free to take pictures and post them at the appropriate cache – but please, NO PHOTOS OF EACH CACHE (sure, the log if you have to).
BIKING is possible for the whole trail. This trail is NOT recommended for thin tires! Puddles may need to be crossed after wet weather.
If you don’t see any flora, then you are caching way too fast and not seeing the trees for the forest! Enjoy the ride and enjoy the diverse plant life.
EASTERN WHITE PINE
Found in most of Ontario, the eastern white pine can grow to be more than 40 metres tall. It grows quickly and best with full sunlight. Young trees can tolerate some shade.
It has skinny needles that are 6 to 12 centimetres long. It’s easy to recognize the eastern white pine because its needles grow in bunches of five.
The eastern white pine’s cones are 8 to 20 cm long and they hang down from the branches. Good seed crops aren’t produced until trees are 20 or 30 years old, and then only every 3 to 5 years. Its bark is dark greyish brown with broad thick ridges that are 2 to five centimetres thick.
If it grows somewhere that it’s exposed to a lot of wind, the eastern white pine can become a bit lopsided, with small, short branches on the side that faces the wind.
Did you know?
In colonial times, these tall trees were used to make masts for the British Royal Navy ships
PARKING: One or two cars can park where the trail intersects roads, but pay attention to NO parking signs so as to not block entrances. A nice place to leave your car in Calabogie is at the end of the trail (N45 17.916 W76 43.033) which is at the local beach and Tourist Information spot. You may want a quick swim?
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