Pinus cembra

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Scientific Names

Read about Pinus cembra in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pinus cembra, Linn. Swiss Stone Pine. Tree, to 70 or sometimes 120 ft., with spreading usually short branches forming a narrow, dense pyramid, in old age often with very picturesque broad, open, round-topped head: branchlets coated with dense yellowish brown tomentum: winter buds globose-ovate, long-acuminate: lvs. straight, dark green on back, bluish white inside, 2-3 1/2 in. long: cones short-peduncled, ovate, obtuse, light brown, 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 in. long; scales broadly ovate, rounded at apex, apophysis much broader than high; seed 1/2 in. long. Cent. European Alps. H.W. 1:8, pp. 174-7. G.W. 1, p. 352; 7, p. 19. G.C. II. 17:80, 81; III. 24:459. Gn. 19, p. 369; 28, pp. 175, 182; 59, p. 59; 65, p. 431. Gt. 45, p. 205; 58, p. 443.—Handsome hardy pine of slow growth and symmetrical habit when young. The large seeds are eaten. Var. columnaris, Beissn., is a form of narrow, columnar habit. G.W. 2, p. 209. Var. compacta, Beissn., is compact and conical in habit. Var. sibirica, Loud. (P. sibirica, Mayr), has shorter lvs. and longer cones, and is of narrower habit and more vigorous growth. N. Russia and Siberia. Var. pumila, Pall. See P. pumila in suppl. list. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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