COMMON NAME
Swiss stone pine
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Pinus cembra
ALSO KNOWN AS
Arolla pine
Plant family
Pine (Pinaceae)
Plant group
Conifers
A non-native slow growing pine, starting out pyramidal becoming more rounded as it ages.
18 reports
2+
OBSERVERS
18+
OBSERVATIONS
Identification hints
Similar look to the eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), Swiss Stone pines have 5 needles per bundle that are dark green, but have bluish-white stomatic lines.
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Cones are purplish-brown and never open, but are spread by birds and other wildlife as the cone rots.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
There is no information available about this species.
HABITAT
Central European Mountains
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
5 needles per fascicle- dark green with blue to white stomatic lines; 3 inches long
Flowers
Monoecious; males cylindrical, purple, in tight clusters at branch tips; females, reddish purple in small groups at branch tips
Fruits
Cones are purplish-brown and do not open
Seed Cones
Woody cone, blunt almost round 2 inches, purple-brown color
Bark
Gray-green smooth when young, maturing to gray-brown and scale-like.
Bloom Time
Spring
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