Family: Pinaceae
Pinus pinaster
Citation:
Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3:367 (1789).
Synonymy: Pinus maritima Common name: Cluster (or maritime) pine.
Description:
Tree to 40 m high; bark reddish-brown, deeply fissured; winter buds 18-25 mm long, not resinous, the scales fringed and recurved; leaves in pairs, 15-30 cm long, dark-green.
Female cones 1-3 (rarely many) together, sessile, bright-brown, ovoid-conic, 12-25 cm long, asymmetrical at the base.
Published illustration:
Hora (1981) The Oxford encyclopedia of trees, p. 67.
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI. Vic. Native to the Mediterranean region.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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