Pines - Asian
Pinus bungeana
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Pinus parviflora
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Pinus thunbergiana
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Hudson River Park location:
Morton - Christopher gallery |
Hudson River Park locations:
Charles Street to W 11th Street Pine Grove |
Hudson River Park location:
Charles Street to West 11th Street |
Kingdom Plantae – plants
Subkingdom Viridiplantae – green plants Infrakingdom Streptophyta – land plants Superdivision Embryophyta Division Tracheophyta – vascular plants Subdivision Spermatophytina – seed plants Class Pinopsida – conifers Subclass Pinidae Order Pinales – pines Family Pinaceae – pines |
Species Pinus bungeana
Zucc. ex Endl. – Bunge's pine |
Species Pinus parviflora –
five-needle pine |
Species Pinus thunbergiana –
Japanese black pine |
白皮松
Bai Pi Song (Chinese) = "white bark pine" Bunge's Pine pinus (L) = "pine" bungeana = Native to northern and central China
Native habitat: South-facing mountain slopes Named for Alexander A. von Bunge who collected the type specimen in 1831 while Russian envoy to the imperial court of Beijing Introduced in 1846 to US (Robert Fortune, a Scottish plant hunter, introduced it as well as over 120 other Asian plant species to Europe.) Look for in bark
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五洋松
Goyomatsu (Japanese) = "five-needle pine" pinus (L) = "pine" parvi (L) = "small" flora (L) = "flowers" Native to Japan Native habitat: Colder mountain regions Salt spray tolerance high Subject for bonsai Look for on twigs and needles
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黒松
Kuromatsu (Japanese) = "black pine" Japanese Pine Black Pine pinus (L) = "pine" thunbergiana = Native to Japan and South Korea Native habitat: Coastal areas Salt spray tolerance high Soil salt tolerance good Named for Carl Peter Thunberg, a Swedish naturalist who gathered botanical specimens in Japan Look for in bark
Look for on needles
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Pinus bungeana
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Pinus parviflora
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Pinus thunbergiana
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Tree / Buds / Bark
Tree
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Tree
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Foliage
Male (Stamenate ) Cones
Female (Ovulate) Cones
Megastrobili
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Megastrobili
Cones
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Megastrobili
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Seeds
Pinus bungeana
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Pinus parviflora
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Pinus thunbergiana
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