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| Lacebark Pine
Endangered
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| Pinus bungeana Zucc. ex Endl. |
Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana) is a pine native to northeastern and central China. It is a slow-growing tree to 15-25 m tall. Its smooth, gray-green bark gradually sheds in round scales to reveal patches of pale yellow, which turn olive-brown, red and purple on exposure to light.
This broad, somewhat bushy tree produces branches which are long and sweep sharply upwards. The needle-like leaves are produced in threes with a deciduous sheath, spread widely apart on the shoots and face forward, glossy green, 6-9 cm long and 2 mm broad. The cones are ovoid, 4-7 cm long and 3-5 cm across, dark brown with relatively few scales. The seedThis writeup is about biological seeds; for the Buddhist metaphor, see bija. A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. The importance of the seed relative to more primitive forms of reproduction and dispersal is attested to by the sus are 6-8 mm long, with a rudimentary wing, and are dispersed by the Spotted NutcrackerSpotted Nutcracker : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Corvidae Nucifraga caryocatactes Binomial name Nucifraga caryocatactes Linnaeus, 1758) The Spotted Nutcracker or just Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes is a passerine bird slightly larger.
Lacebark Pine is a valuable ornamental tree, grown mainly for its decorative bark, said by many to be the most beautiful of all pines. In China, it is widely planted beside temples, with some specimens reported to be over 1,000 years old. It was introduced to Europe and North America in 1846, and specimens are grown in many botanical gardens and occasionally in parks.
