Japanese White Pine

Basisdaten

  • five needle pine (Pinus parviflora) branch
  • five needle pine (Pinus parviflora) cones
  • five needle pine (Pinus parviflora) trunk

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Pinus Parviflora
other name: 
Japanese Five Needle Pine
family: 
Pinaceae
species: 
conifer
height: 
up to 20 m (66 ft)
needle: 

five needles, rotated, up to 7 cm (2.8 in), green up to blue-green

blossom description: 

acuminate, brown, resinous

fruit: 

cones, egg-shaped, ca. 10 cm (3.9 in), light-brown up to brown

bark: 
first smooth, grey-brown, later coarsely cracked
root: 
taprooter
location: 
sun- half-shade
soil: 
fresh, porous soils
ph value: 
acidic - alkaline
stature: 

erect