[Photo News Ltd. photo. GENERAL APPEARANCE: Wide crowned; bushy and branched when young, but soon loses its lower branches and develops a bare, often leaning, trunk with spreading branches at the top; foliage dark grey-green and heavy. MATURE HEIGHT: Up to 120 ft., but usually not above 60ft. in New Zealand. BARK: Reddish grey; smooth plates with wide, dark furrows. NEEDLES: In pairs; 5 to 6in. long, stout and often curved. MATURE CONES: Mahogany coloured and shiny; no stalks or prickles; sometimes remain closed for several years; 3 to 7in. long, l 1\2 to 2 1\2in. in diameter. SEEDS: Shiny brown and smooth; l/3in. long with a wing I to l 1\2in. long.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 536
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113[Photo News Ltd. photo. GENERAL APPEARANCE: Wide crowned; bushy and branched when young, but soon loses its lower branches and develops a bare, often leaning, trunk with spreading branches at the top; foliage dark grey-green and heavy. MATURE HEIGHT: Up to 120 ft., but usually not above 60ft. in New Zealand. BARK: Reddish grey; smooth plates with wide, dark furrows. NEEDLES: In pairs; 5 to 6in. long, stout and often curved. MATURE CONES: Mahogany coloured and shiny; no stalks or prickles; sometimes remain closed for several years; 3 to 7in. long, l 1\2 to 2 1\2in. in diameter. SEEDS: Shiny brown and smooth; l/3in. long with a wing I to l 1\2in. long. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 536
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