Showing posts with label pine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pine. Show all posts

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Himalayan Pine

Himalayan pine (Pinus wallichiana) needles grow in bundles of five.

When the leaves are fully grown, they're quite long.

Here is a cluster of male strobili right below the new leaves.

-view from under a Himalayan pine-



The larger cone is a Himalayan pine cone.

-unripe cones-

-ripe cones-

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Friday, October 9, 2009

Korean Pine

Pinus koraiensis is native to Northeast Asia, Japan, and, of course, Korea.

The cones grow singly or in groups of three,

and are greenish until maturity. Korean pine nuts are widely consumed in China.

This Korean pine is leaning over...

but it still has a roughly conical shape.

It's a five-needle pine. Click on the photo - you can see that there are five leaves in each cluster.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Austrian Pine

Pinus nigra is a native of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor. It was introduced to the United States in 1759.

This is a rather sad-looking Austrian pine. It's suffering from Diplodia tip blight, which has obviously done some damage (dead branches, brown needles) and will eventually kill the tree.

It's a shame, especially because this is one of the sexiest trunks in the cemetery.