Also known as Pinus resinosa, the red pine is a beautiful evergreen tree, so much that it is the state tree of Minnesota. A native North American pine tree, the red pine can be found growing from all along the area of the Great Lakes. There are even some smaller populations growing as far south as the Appalacian Mountains. This evergreen tree's most distinct feature is the fact that mature trees portray a bare trunk nearly half way up, leaving a crown of branches at the top. The red pine has many uses, including timber, pulp wood, as a landscape specimen, for producing natural wildlife habitat as well as the Christmas tree industry.

A fast grower, the red pine is a large evergreen tree that will attain heights upwards to 150 feet. It is adaptable to very poor soils, and can live as long as 400 years. Tolerant of high winds and drought resistant, however, does not like to be shaded.