gray pine Pinaceae Pinus sabiniana

Leaf:Evergreen needles, 8 to 12 inches long, 3 per fascicle, distinctly gray-green in color with many lines of stomatal bloom, slender and drooping.
Flower:Species is monoecious; male cones are yellow; female cones are dark purple.
Fruit:Large woody cones (6 to 10 inches long), egg-shaped when open; cone scales very long, thick, sharply keeled, and tipped with a large, thick spine that may be straight or curved; remain on tree for many years. Large oblong seed with detachable wing.
Twig:Stout, rough, orange-brown.
Bark:Mature bark is dark gray, thick, and has irregular ridges and furrows; somewhat scaly.
Form:Moderate sized evergreen conifer (40 to 70 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet in diameter) with crooked, forked trunk; thin, open, irregular gray-green crown, often rounded, with large heavy cones.

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