Pinus muricata

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Read about Pinus muricata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Pinus muricata, Don. Prickle-cone Pine. Tree, to 50, occasionally to 90 ft., with stout spreading branches forming a regular pyramid in young trees, in old age usually round-topped and compact: branches orange- brown: winter buds ovate, dark brown, resinous: lvs. stiff, usually twisted, acute, dark green, 4-7 in. long: cones usually clustered, oblong-ovate, oblique at the base, chestnut-brown, 2-3 1/2 in. long; scales of the upper side with elongated conical apex terminated by a dark triangular spiny umbo, scales of the lower side more flattened, with slender straight spines; the cones usually remain closed for several years after maturity; seeds almost black, 1/4 in. long. Calif. 8.8.11:585,586. G.F. 10:235. F.S. 5, p. 517. G.C. II. 21:48, 49, 53; 111.45:259-61. Gn. 59, p. 129. G.M. 54:977.—Handsome pine, with regular, pyramidal head; not hardy N. CH


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