Pinus morrisonicola Hayata

Taiwan white pine (en), Pin du mont Morrison (fr)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus

Characteristics

Trees to 30 m tall; trunk to 1.2 m d.b.h.; bark dark gray, flaking; crown conical; 1st-year branchlets red-brown, initially yellowish pubescent, glabrescent; winter buds pale brown, ovoid, not resinous. Needles 5 per bundle, triangular in cross section, 4-9 cm × 0.6-1 mm, vascular bundle 1, resin canals 2, marginal, base with sheath shed. Seed cones 3 or 4 clustered at base of branchlets, pedunculate (peduncle 0.5-1 cm), conical-ellipsoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, 7-11 × 5-7 cm, resinous, dehiscent. Seed scales cuneate-elliptic, 3-3.5 × 1.5-2 cm; apophyses brown, shiny, broadly rhombic, middle portion thickened, apex recurved. Seeds ellipsoid-ovoid or narrowly ovoid, 8-10 × 5-6 mm; wing pale brown, 1.5-2 cm × 5-8 mm.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 27.5
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Environment

Mixed coniferous or broadleaved forests, growing on slopes and ridges; at elevations from 300-2,000 metres.
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Usage

Uses construction dye material medicinal oil timber wood
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Optimum temperature (C°) 23 - 30
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Images

Pinus morrisonicola unspecified picture

Distribution

Pinus morrisonicola world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Pinus morrisonicola threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:677081-1
WFO ID wfo-0000481792
COL ID 4J2CH
BDTFX ID 119775
INPN ID 717420
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pinus hayatana Pinus formosana Pinus morrisonicola Pinus uyematsui Pinus x hayatana Pinus parviflora var. morrisonicola