Species

Pinus strobus

Common Name(s)

strobus pine

Authority

Pinus strobus L.

Family

Pinaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

PINSTR

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Structural Class

Gymnosperm Trees & Shrubs

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Features

Medium tree, reaching 50 m with a smooth trunk. Needles are in bunches of 5, 4-13 cm by 0.5-0.7 mm, green above, bluish below and broadly triangular in cross section. Mature cones are slender and elongated (3-5 by 7-16 cm), cylindrical and hanging.

Similar Taxa

P. strobus can be easily distinguished from any other naturalised pine in NZ by the mainly smooth trunk, the needles in bunches of 5, and elongated soft cones. The cultivated Pinus wallichiana is very similar but has glabrous shoots and longer needles and cones than P. strobus.

Flower Colours

No Flowers

Year Naturalised

1957

Origin

Eastern N. America

Reason For Introduction
Forestry

Life Cycle Comments
Perennial

Reproduction
seed

Dispersal
wind

This page last updated on 29 Mar 2010