Pinus cembroides is a small to medium, domed, bushy tree. The needles are in threes, dark green, and the cones are rather smooth, egg-shaped, to 2 inches long. The 1/2 inch long seeds are edible. The growth habit is bushy […]

Pinus cembra has needles in groups of 5, 2 to 3 inches long, dark green. This is a fairly large tree, up to 70 feet tall, spread is 15 to 25 feet wide. It is extremely upright in youth, opens […]

This is an evergreen, coniferous tree with fissured bark. Blue, juvenile needles are borne singly. Dark green, adult needles (to 12 inches long) are borne in threes. Female cones appear on stalks. The tree becomes more domed as it matures. […]

Pinus bungeana has 2 to 4 inch long needles in groups of 3, medium to dark green and sharp. Tends to be pyramidal in youth, spreading and open with maturity. A slow growing tree. The bark is stikingly beautiful, exfoliating […]

Pinus banksiana or Jack Pine is a large tree, which can reach 70 feet tall, more usually 35 to 50 feet. It is pyramidal and unevenly spreading. The needles are paired, olive-green, 3/4 to 2 inches long. Bark is dark […]

An evergreen, coniferous tree with hairy shoots. Short, needle-like leaves are borne in fives and last up to 20 years. The female cones are purple-brown.

An evergreen, coniferous tree. Needles are banded white on the inside and are borne in groups of five. The female cones are cylindrical and resinous. Bark becomes scaly as tree matures.

This is an evergreen, coniferous tree. Needle-like leaves (to 7 inches long) are borne in threes. Gray-brown shoots have slender, resinous, spindle-shaped buds. Female cones are ovoid-conical and yellow-brown. Bark becomes fissured and scaly as the tree matures.

Pinus armandii is related to Pinus wallichiana and differs primarily in its cones, which are broad, 4 to 8 inches long, 3 inches wide, very thick-scaled and resinous, a decorative feature in their own right, often weighing down the branches […]

Pinus aristata may be one of the oldest living plants in the world. Some individuals have been documented at over 5000 years old. They are extremely slow growing, under adverse conditions only adding an inch per century. However a 20 […]