Knobcone pine

The Knobcone Pine crown is usually conical with a straight trunk. It reaches heights of 8–24 metres . however, it can be a shrub on especially poor sites. It prefers dry rocky mountain soils. The bark is smooth, flaky and gray-brown when young, becoming dark gray-red-brown and shallowly furrowed into flat scaly ridges. The twigs are red-brown and often resinous.

knobcone pine Pinaceae Pinus attenuata Lemmon Listen to the Latin symbol: PIAT Other Fact Sheets Leaf: Evergreen needles, commonly 4 to 5 inches (but may be 3 to 7), borne in bundles of 3; yellow-green, slender, stiff, and sometimes twisted; persist for 4 to 5 years. Flower: Monoecious; male cones are brownish purple in tight clusters; females small, reddish purple. More

* Pinus attenuata, mostly a chaparral species, bears cones at an early age. Its seed crops are heavy, and a hot fire permits the seeds to be released. It forms hybrids with P. muricata and P. radiata. More

Pinus attenuata Lemmon Taxonomic Serial No. More