Branchlet

Bud

Closed cone

Open cone

Name

Pinus morrisonicola Hayata, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 43: 194 (1908).
[Taiwan white pine]

Description

Notes

It is a white pine closely related to P. parviflora and is sometimes included in that species. It has yellowish shoots and very short, blue-grey, twisted needles 5-8 cm long which are in 5s, in dense tufts on ends of twigs. It has soft cones 7–11 cm long, with scales flatter than those of P. parviflora.

Natural Distribution

Taiwan