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Black Pine has 2 long poinky needles per bundle. Bark is kind of unique. Needles smell absolute horrible and disgusting. This is how you Identify it. Needles can make tea by boiling however they the tea taste so bad you won't even wanna drink it, Don't believe me well then try it. It's vomit bad. The only thing worth it is the pollen cones. Pollen cones edible raw or cooked. Harvest them in Very Late April to Early May. Get them before them open up for crunchy snack. If you harvest them just before they open, you will be able to gather pine pollen form it and this one SHEDS A CRAP TON. To gather just pick them off, lay them on parchment paper and wait till they shed pollen. Then sift through in a glass container and store in freezer for long time storage.