Pine pitch

Name: Pine pitch
Brand: GARDENseeds™
SKU: 43030210
Price: 0.99 USD
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Brand: GARDENseeds™

Product code: 3667

Stock number: 43030210

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Category:

pine

Drought tolerance:

drought-tolerant

Fruit:

non-poisonous

Growth per year:

25-35 cm

Growth rate:

medium growing

Hardiness Zone (USDA):

3 (-40°С)

Leaves lifespan:

evergreens

Max. height:

20-30 m

Pine pitch or Pine rigid / Pinus rigida

Tree up to 31 meters in height, the trunk of which reaches 0.9 meters in diameter, with a rounded or irregular crown. The bark is red-brown, deeply furrowed, cracking into thick irregular scaly pieces. Young branches are reddish-brown, then darkening.

Buds are red-brown, resin-coated, ovoid, up to 1.5 cm. Needles persisting for 2-3 years. The needles are collected in bundles, usually 3, less often 5, up to 15 centimeters long, straight, various shades of yellow-green, the edges of the needles are serrated.

Male strobili are cylindrical, about 2 centimeters long, yellow. Female strobili are biennial, immature, conical or ovoid, then dehiscence and become broadly ovoid, red-brown or pale brown, 3-9 cm long. The scales are hard, with a pointed apex.

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