Blue Pine

Basisdaten

buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) needles
buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) needles
  • buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) needles
  • buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) needle base
  • buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) branch
  • buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) cones
  • buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) tree
  • buhtan pine (Pinus wallichiana) trunk

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Pinus wallichiana
other name: 
Bhutan Pine
other name: 
Himalayan White Pine
family: 
Pinaceae
species: 
conifer
height: 
up to 35 m (115 ft)
needle: 

five needles at a basis, green-bluish-silvery, up to 18 cm (7.1 in), brush-like at the branch end, often weeping, soft

fruit: 

cones up to 35 cm (11,8 in), auburn - dark brown, often coated with resin

bark: 
first smooth gray-blue, later small scaly, brown
root: 
taprooter - shallow-rooted
location: 
sun
soil: 
sandy-loamy soils
ph value: 
acidic - slightly alkaline
stature: 

branches horizontal expanded