Pinus contorta

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Pinus contorta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pinus contorta, Douglas (P. Bolanderi, Parl. P. contorta var. Bolanderi, Koehne). Scrub Pine. Fig. 2979 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). Tree, to 20, occasionally to 30 ft., with rather stout branches forming a round-topped compact or open head: branchlets light orange or orange-brown: buds ovate, dark chestnut-brown, resinous: lvs. stiff, twisted, acutish, dark green, 1-2 in. long: cones ovate or conic-ovate, very oblique at the base, often remaining closed for several years after maturity, 1-2 in. long, light yellowish brown and lustrous, scales of the upper side with elevated, pyramidal apex, the dark umbo ending in a slender incurved spine. Alaska to Calif., and the variety east to Mont, and Colo. G.C. II. 19:45. S.S. 11:567. Var. latifolia, Engelm. (P. contorta var. Murrayana, Engelm. P. Murrayana, Balfour. P. Boursieri, Carr.), Lodge- Pole Pine, is the form in the Rocky Mts. and a taller tree of pyramidal habit, to 80, or occasionally to 150 ft. tall, with longer, lighter green, 1 1/2-3 1/2 in.-long lvs., less oblique cones. S.S. 11:518. G.C. 1869:191 and R.H. 1869, p. 278 (as P. Tamrac). R.H. 1854, p. 226. —In cult., it is usually a bushy low tree and is hardy N., while the typical form is tender. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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