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lacebark pine Pinaceae Pinus bungeana Zucc. ex Endl. Listen to the Latin Print a QR link to this factsheet symbol: PIBU2
Leaf: Evergreen needles in fascicles of 3, up to 4 inches long, stiff and sharp, lustrous, yellow-green, persistent for 3 or 4 years.
Flower: Species is monoecious; males cylindrical, yellowish in clusters, females yellow-green.
Fruit: Cone, 2 to 3 inches long, egg-shaped, squat, light brown, armed with a small prickle.
Twig: Grayish green, glabrous.
Bark: Exfoliating in irregular plates, grayish green with irregular chalky white or brownish patches, very attractive.
Form: Small tree up to 60 feet tall, pyramidal crown, often with many trunks.

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Additional Range Information: Pinus bungeana is planted in the USDA hardiness zones shown above and is not known to widely escape cultivaton. Download the full-size PDF map.
External Links: USDA Plants Database - Horticulture Information
All material 2025 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information