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What To Do With Pine Needles. Pine needles are a scourge to many gardeners. While leaves that have fallen from trees can be easily raked up, blown away, or crushed underfoot, pine needles lie in ever-growing mats on the ground and are more difficult to remove.
The bark of the red pine is flaky and orange-red in color. As the tree ages the bark becomes increasingly thick and irregularly diamond shaped. The roots of the red pine are moderately deep and wide spreading. The lateral root masses also send down sinkers which anchor the tree very well in the soil.eedles, Bark and Roots. The needles of a red pine are in groups of two and are from 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 inches long. Needles last between four to five years and then fall to the forest floor where they can accumulate in a thick acidic, mulch layer on the soil surface.