Flower color: yellow
/ Flower
characteristics:
inconspicuous and
not showy; spring
flowering
Fruit shape: oval /
Fruit length: 3 to 6
inches; 1 to 3
inches / color:
brown; red / does
not attract
wildlife.
Bark is thin and
easily damaged from
mechanical impact;
droop as the tree
grows, and will
require pruning for
vehicular or
pedestrian clearance
beneath the canopy;
not particularly
showy; should be
grown with a single
leader; no thorns.
Susceptible to
breakage either at
the crotch due to
poor collar
formation, or the
wood itself is weak
and tends to break.
When looking for a
small, picturesque
specimen Pine for a
landscape, search no
more. One of the
best specimens in
any landscape,
Japanese White Pine
is a pleasure to
behold with
attractive foliage
in all seasons. Set
it off in the
landscape with a low
ground cover beneath
or locate it in the
lawn, but keep the
grass cleared away
from the thin-barked
trunk. Japanese
White Pine should be
grown in full sun on
well-drained soil
with adequate
moisture. The trees
are salt-tolerant,
and tolerate
moderate drought and
moist, clay soil.
Cultivars include:
‘Brevifolia’,
upright, narrow
tree, sparsely
branched, blue/green
foliage in tight
bundles; and
‘Glauca’, available
in nurseries,
greenish foliage
with a touch of
silver,
wide-spreading tree,
45 feet high or
more.
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Range
Korea (Ullung
Island) and Japan.
Type variety in
central W Honshu
(southward from
Fukushima
Prefecture, mainly
on Pacific Ocean
side), Shikoku and
Kyushu, growing at
200-1800 m
elevation. Var.
pentaphylla in S
Hokkaido and N to
central Honshu (in C
Honshu mainly on
Japan Sea side),
growing on sunny
rocky slopes at from
60-800 m elevation
in Hokkaido, and
300-2500 m in Honshu
(Iwatsuki et al.
1995). Along with
another white pine,
P. koraiensis, it is
the characteristic
pine is subalpine
areas of Japan;
these two pines
probably covered
much of the Honshu
coastal area during
the Pleistocene.
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