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How Quick Does a Pine Tree Develop?


Scots pine at a tree farm (picture by Steven Katovich, Bugwood.org)

30 December 2024

Did you purchase a reside Christmas tree this yr? When you reside in Pennsylvania, chances are high good that it grew at a neighborhood tree farm. PA ranks 4th among the many high Christmas tree producing states.

How lengthy did it take to grow to be a Christmas tree? In line with the Nationwide Christmas Tree Affiliation, “it might probably take as many as 15 years to develop a Christmas tree of typical peak (6 – 7 toes) or as little as 4 years, however the common rising time is 7 years.”

From seed to sapling right here’s what it may need seemed like throughout its first two years.

video embedded from Boxlapse on YouTube

The time lapse reveals a stone pine (Pinus pinea) which is unlikely to grow to be a Christmas tree. Native to the Mediterranean, they’ve been planted world wide.

Stone pine forest at Huelva, Spain (picture from Wikimedia)
Stone pine foliage (picture from Wikimedia Commons)
Stone pine cones and seeds (picture from Wikimedia)

I in all probability noticed them in Spain with out realizing their significance. I think about they’re the bushes within the background of my picture of the “Shade Horse” at Parque Pure de Los Alcornocales, Spain final September.

The Shade Horse and his sheep companion at Parque Pure de Los Alcornocales, Spain, 13 Sept 2024 (picture by Kate St. John)

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