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Hardiness
Zones:
6-9 |
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Habit:
Evergreen |
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Growth
Rate: Rapid |
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Site
Requirements: Sun
to partial shade; tolerant of poor soils |
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Texture:
Fine
to medium |
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Form:
Loosely
pyramidal in youth, horizontal branches; rounded crown; loses lower branches
with age
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Height:
50
to 90'
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Width:
30
to 40' |
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Leaf:
6
to 10" needles dark green in bundles of 3; off color in winter |
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Flower/Fruit:
3
to 6" cones in groups of 2 to 5
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Comments:
Native;
adaptable to a range of sites; good for fast screen; easy to transplant;
most rapid growth of all pines; seeds eaten by birds
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Cultivars:
--
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