CATTON ARBORETUM

Pinus wallichina

Common name: Himalayan Pine

Year planted: 2012

Country of origin: Afghanistan to Nepal

Year introduced: Seeds came to the UK in the 1820s

Description: An elegant conical tree when young which tends o become more ragged with age. Can reach up to 40m in its traditional territory. Long 12 to 18cm needles are glaucous green and droop from the upwardly curving branches. Cones are leathery and may reach 30cm long. The wood is hard but resinous

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Tree number: 113
Pinus wallichina (Himalayan Pine)