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A '''pine''' is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinusof the family Pinaceae. Pines are commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere. Pine may also refer to the lumber derived from pine trees; it is one of the more extensively used types of lumber. | A '''pine''' is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinusof the family Pinaceae. Pines are commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere. Pine may also refer to the lumber derived from pine trees; it is one of the more extensively used types of lumber. | ||
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Studies have found the effectiveness of pine trees to remove pathogens from [[water]]. For this, remove a small branch from a pine tree, strip it from its bark and place the branch in the container with the water that needs purifying. The sap in the [[stick]] should trap and collect pathogens in the water.<ref name=":0">[[wikihow:Purify-Water|How to Purify Water]], 1 May 2022, WikiHow. Retrieved on 18 October 2022</ref><ref>[https://news.mit.edu/2014/need-a-water-filter-peel-a-tree-branch-0226 Need a water filter? Peel a tree branch] - Jennifer Chu, 26 February 2014, MIT News. Retrieved on 18 October 2022</ref> | |||
== Dependencies == | == Dependencies == | ||
* [[Fuel]] | * [[Fuel]] | ||
* '''Pine''' | * '''Pine''' | ||
** [[Water]] | |||
* [[Wood]] | * [[Wood]] | ||
Revision as of 22:21, 8 January 2023
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinusof the family Pinaceae. Pines are commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere. Pine may also refer to the lumber derived from pine trees; it is one of the more extensively used types of lumber.
Use
Studies have found the effectiveness of pine trees to remove pathogens from water. For this, remove a small branch from a pine tree, strip it from its bark and place the branch in the container with the water that needs purifying. The sap in the stick should trap and collect pathogens in the water.[1][2]
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| This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Pine, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (view authors). | 
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- ↑ How to Purify Water, 1 May 2022, WikiHow. Retrieved on 18 October 2022
- ↑ Need a water filter? Peel a tree branch - Jennifer Chu, 26 February 2014, MIT News. Retrieved on 18 October 2022