HEIGHT up to 165 ft (50 m)TYPE Evergreen
OCCURRENCE W. Mediterranean mountains
With its straight trunk, thick bark, and slender branches, this pine is a useful source of timber. It needs plenty of light. BARK Gray, thick. LEAF Twisted, slender, rigid, dark green needles in pairs, 4–6 in (10–15 cm) long, with pointed tips. FLOWER Males: 3⁄8–5⁄8 in (1–1.5 cm) long, yellow, in clusters at base of shoots; females: red, at shoot tips. FRUIT Cone, 2–31⁄4 in (5–8 cm) long, green, ripening to grayor yellow-buff, falling intact from
the tree when ripe.
