This might just be a rumor but I think you count the rings in the tree trunk..
Well... a white pine has 5 needles in a "bunch" thingand I think that maybe a red pine has 3red has three letters, white has 5
look at the rings in the core of the tree the rings tell the age
yes the rings tell the age
80
because each year it rains and the rain goes into the trunk and forms rings the thicker rings mean there is more rain