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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: April 2, 2013
Caption: Pitch Pine Sign
Additional Description: Pitch pine is highly adapted to frequent fires, which are a characteristic of the Pine Barrens. While the bark is very fire resistant, after a damaging fire, new sprouts often grow from stumps that are left behind. Some pitch pines have serotinous cones that remain unopened unless exposed to the extreme heat of fire. Early settlers used the resin from these pines as a sourced of tar, turpentine, and wood for flooring. This sign is near the parking area of the Slipping Away Marker
Submitted: April 16, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p238993
File Size: 3.716 Megabytes

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