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Common Name: Korean
Pine
Family:
Pinaceae
Entry Author: Jeff Chichester
Description: The tree has a pyramidal shape when young, to a domed crown as tree matures.
Needles: The needles are a blue/green color, and can grow up to 4.5 inches long. The needles grow on branches in bundles of five.
Cones: Conical shaped cones are light brown and grow up to six inches in length.
Bark: Gray/brown colored bark flakes into regular sized and shaped pieces.
Branching Pattern: Ascending spread pattern.
Height: The Korean Pine can reach heights of up to 90 feet.
Conditions/Habitat/Kind of Forest: Korean Pine grows best in direct sunlight and in most types of well drained soils.
Range: Korea, Japan, and Manchuria.
U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone: 4
Conservation Status-US/ World Wide: Low risk of becoming endangered.
Uses (Human): Ornamental
References:
Depts. of Food and Resource Economics and
Soil Sciences College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Delaware.
http://ag.udel.edu/udbg/conifers/descriptions/p-koraiensis.html
I.U.C.N Redlist of Endangered Species
http://www.redlist.org
Plant Database of the University of
Connecticut
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/p/pinkor/pinkor1.html
Needles
Bark