Southwest Border Pine
Other names
Southwestern White Pine
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Northern Mexico and the Border States of the U.S.A.
Location
Source of plant
Horticultural Associates, Coeur d'Alene Nursery, Richard Sniezko, USFS, Claude Heit, Snipes Farm & Nursery, Weston Nurseries, Princeton Nurseries
Description
To 35m. Crown ovid-conic, becoming rounded; bole to 1m diameter. Bark grey-white, smooth when young, dark brown, furrowed when mature; shoots grey-brown, finely pubescent; winter buds resinous, brown, oblong-ovate to cylindric. Needles 5 per fasicle, dark blue-green, 8-14cm, sheath to 2cm, soon deciduous, stomatal lines visible on the inner surfaces, finely serrated. Cones short-stalked, pendulous, cylindric, rounded, apophysis shiny, reflexed, umbo obtuse, thornless. Seeds ovate, 11-12—10mm, grey-brown, spotted black, wings to 8mm, or shorter.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics