Pinus Pinus, Lamb.

4. P. banksiana Lamb. View in CoL , Descr. Gen. Pinus 1: 7, t. 3 (1803)

( P. divaricata (Aiton) Sudworth ).

U p to 25 m; bark becoming reddish-brown and forming thick scales; branches usually irregularly arranged. Buds ovoid, very resinous. Twigs glabrous, green in first year, then brownish. Leaves 20-40(-50) mm, in pairs rigid, acute or obtuse, twisted; resin-canals marginal. Cone 2-5 x T5-2-5 cm, long-conical, very curved, erect, yellowish, shining, persistent; apophysis flat or convex; umbo without mucro. Seed 3-6 mm; wing 8-12 mm. Planted for timber in C. Europe and rarely elsewhere. [Au Cz D a Ge Rm.] (N.C. & N.E. North America.)