GENERAL APPEARANCE: Pyramidal, with regular branching which is retained well; heavy,, blue-green foliage at the ends of branches. MATURE HEIGHT: Usually 60ft., sometimes up to 100 ft. BARK: Yellowish or dark red-brown, breaking into irregular plates. NEEDLES: In groups of three, spreading apart; 5 to 10in. long and stout. MATURE CONES: Light reddish brown with very short stalks or none; ovoid; minute sharp prickles on apexes of scales; 3 to Bin. long, 2 1\2 to 4 1\2in. in diameter. SEEDS: Fawn, smooth, and oval; 1\4 to l/3in. long with a wing long.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZJAG19501215.2.20.14
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 537
Word Count
92GENERAL APPEARANCE: Pyramidal, with regular branching which is retained well; heavy,, blue-green foliage at the ends of branches. MATURE HEIGHT: Usually 60ft., sometimes up to 100 ft. BARK: Yellowish or dark red-brown, breaking into irregular plates. NEEDLES: In groups of three, spreading apart; 5 to 10in. long and stout. MATURE CONES: Light reddish brown with very short stalks or none; ovoid; minute sharp prickles on apexes of scales; 3 to Bin. long, 2 1\2 to 4 1\2in. in diameter. SEEDS: Fawn, smooth, and oval; 1\4 to l/3in. long with a wing long. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 537
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this journal for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International license. This journal is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this journal, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in