It is an evergreen coniferous tall tree, grows to a height of 30-50 m, grows at altitudes of 1800 m to 4300 m, tolerates polluted air, frost-resistant, pyramidal growth, fast-growing
Botanical description
Habitus: it has a wide, conical to oval crown, it has a fine, smooth bark that cracks, in older age it cracks in flakes
Leaf: it has drooping needles,, buds are oblong, ovoid, white resinous, 6 to 12 mm long, young branches are blue-green, glabrous, waxy, needles grow in bundles of five, first upright, later hanging, blue-green, up to 18 cm long and remain on the tree for three to four years.
Flower: inconspicuous flower, male strobili grow in dense clusters on younger twigs, are yellow-brown in color, 10 to 20 mm long. Female cones grow individually or in bundles (up to five), are long-stalked, bent cylindrical, about 3 cm wide, up to 27 cm long
Fruits: light brown obloid cone, non-disintegrating
Growth conditions / Cultivation / Care
Requires deeper, more permeable and humid soil, protection from drying wind, tolerates urban environment
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