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Yellow Pine |
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Arizona Pine |
Plant Habit: | Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F) |
Plant Height: | 75 to 115 feet |
Leaves: | Evergreen Needled |
Fruit: | Other: seed cones 2.5 to 4 inches long |
Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
Pollinators: | Wind |
Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 29, 2020 4:17 PM This hard pine is very similar to the Ponderosa Pine. It bears thick, rigid, dark green, finely serrated margin needles about 5 to 9 inches long in fascicles of 3, 4, and 5, with 5 as the most common. Its seed cones are 2.5 to 4 inches long, ovoid to conical with slender prickles on the scales. It is native to the mountains of northern Mexico, southeast Arizona, southwest New Mexico, and western Texas. [ Reply to this comment | |