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The eastern white pine is the provincial tree of Ontario, Canada. [47] In the United States, it is the state tree of Maine (as of 1945) [48] and Michigan (as of 1955 ...
The Pine Tree Flag (or the An Appeal to Heaven Flag) was one of the flags used during the American Revolution.The flag, which featured a pine tree with the motto "An Appeal to Heaven", or less frequently "An Appeal to God", was used by a squadron of six schooners commissioned under George Washington's authority as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army beginning in October 1775.
Western white pine is a large tree, regularly growing to 30–50 metres (98–164 ft) tall. It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five, [5] with a deciduous sheath.
The Pine Tree Riot was an act of resistance to British royal authority undertaken by American colonists in Weare, New Hampshire, on April 14, 1772, [2] placing it among the disputes between Crown and colonists that culminated in the American Revolution.
The Pennacook tribe (Pennacook meaning "Children of the Pine Tree") was located in what is now northern Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This tribe had an influence on the early New England settlers, the Massachusetts Bay Colony even featuring a Pennacook tribe member on their seal (This seal also features a pine and oak tree).
Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), another of these species from western North America, was also sometimes known as White Pine; Chinese white pine (Pinus armandii), a species native to China; Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora), a species native to Japan; Vietnamese white pine (Pinus dalatensis), a species native to Vietnam and Laos
A group of Eastern White Pines (Pinus strobus). The Haudenosaunee 'Tree of Peace' finds its roots in a man named Dekanawida, the peace-giver.The legends surrounding his place amongst the Iroquois (the Haudenosaunee) is based in his role in creating the Five Nations Confederacy, which consisted of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and his place as a cultural hero to the ...
The pine tree is a traditional symbol of New England and has been featured on New England flags since at least 1686, notably the Pine Tree Flag, although the White Pine as a symbol probably is derived from Native American usage going back to the Iroquois Tree of the Great Peace which was first used more than 800 years ago.