GENERAL APPEARANCE: Heavy crowned; pyramidal when young but loses its lower branches early; foliage thick and lightish green. ' MATURE HEIGHT: 100 to 160 ft. BARK: Dark grey-brown with deep longitudinal ridges. NEEDLES: In groups of three, dense and crowded on the twig; 4 to 6in. long, sharply pointed and slender. MATURE CONES: Greyish brown with short stalks; oblique shape with outer sides longer than inner; 3 to 6in. long, 2 to Sin. in diameter; persist on the tree for several years. SEEDS: Blackish, oval to triangular, and rough; long with a light brown wing in. long.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 530
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96GENERAL APPEARANCE: Heavy crowned; pyramidal when young but loses its lower branches early; foliage thick and lightish green. ' MATURE HEIGHT: 100 to 160 ft. BARK: Dark grey-brown with deep longitudinal ridges. NEEDLES: In groups of three, dense and crowded on the twig; 4 to 6in. long, sharply pointed and slender. MATURE CONES: Greyish brown with short stalks; oblique shape with outer sides longer than inner; 3 to 6in. long, 2 to Sin. in diameter; persist on the tree for several years. SEEDS: Blackish, oval to triangular, and rough; long with a light . brown wing I in. long. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 530
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