Pinus strobus needles have deciduous sheath
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Full StoryQuoted from Wikipedia - Pinus strobus: "Like most members of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, the leaves ("needles") are coniferous, occurring in fascicles (bundles) of five, or rarely three or four, with a deciduous sheath."
Does that mean that the plant renews the sheath/skin of the needles annually?
Is that the reason for the needles turning yellow in fall?
Anyone wants to elaborate?
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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