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Family: Pinaceae Latin name: Pinus cembra Common name: Swiss stone pine

Pinus cembra L. PINACEAE - PINE FAMILY
Trade Names: SWISS STONE PINE, AROLLO PINE, STONE PINE
Range: Central Europe to Ukraine

Habit and Form
• evergreen tree
• narrow dense pyramidal form when young
• more open and somewhat flat-topped with drooping branches when mature
• 25 to 35' tall by 10 to 20' wide
• medium to fine texture
• slow growth rate

Foliage
• 5 needles per fasicle
• approx. 3" in length
• blue green to light green needles
• stiff, straight, dense, needles, but soft to the touch
• stomatal lines on underside of needles
• serrated margins
• needles are twisted
• needles persist up to 5 years

Fruit
• violet brown cone
• ovoid to elongated oval, 3" long
• cones remain on tree after maturing, approx. 3 years
• cones remain closed
Bark
• new stems covered with orange-brown pubescence
• mature branches are dark

Sources:

All photos are of tagged trees located at Morton Arboretum - Lisle, Illinois

UConn Plant Database Home Page - http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/p/pincem/pincem1.html

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