Pinus tabuliformis

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Common name: Chinese red pine

Family: Pinaceae

Distribution: NW China

Habitat: Dry sunny sloes, 100m - 2600m a.s.l

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Hardiness: Zone 5a -20 to -15 F

Life form: Evergreen conifer

Usage: Timber and resin

Comments: Recorded in China from Jilin and Liaoning in the NE to Yunnan in the SW and from Shandong in the E to Qinghai and Sichuan in the W; and North Korea.
Older trees develop a somewhat flattened and spreading crown this is reflectedin the botanical name Pinus tabuliformis or Pine with a table form.
Long needles (6 - 8 inches) in bundles of 2 or 3 are commonly twisted and usually dense at the branch tips.
A tan or green dye is obtained from the needles and also contain a substance called terpene, this is released when rain washes over the needles and it has a negative effect on the germination of some plants.
A good source of resin which can be distilled to make turpentine. Rosin is the substance left after turpentine is removed, which is used by violinists on their bows and also in making sealing wax and varnish .
The timber is used for construction, poles, mine timber, ship building, and furniture.

1: 200 s, 1000 e (ST 200,1000) • Accession: 1935-463/1 • Origin: North Korea • Provenance: Wild
2: 200 s, 1000 e (ST 200,1000) • Accession: 1935-464/1
3: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 1931-415/1
4: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 1935-403/1
5: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 1935-407/1
6: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 1935-408/1
7: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 1935-409/1
8: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 1935-410/1
9: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 1935-411/1
10: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 2021-086/1 • Provenance: Garden
11: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 2021-086/2 • Provenance: Garden
12: 200 s, 900 e (ST 200,900) • Accession: 2021-086/3 • Provenance: Garden

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Pinus tabuliformis

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