Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Pinus pungens Lamb.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, J7, the Fountain, just above gate, Yunnan Walk
Field Collection Date
10 Mar 1998
Field Collection Notes
Conical tree with more rounded apex, Ht ca 14m, DBH 56.5cm, with trunk dividing in 2 at 6m. No branches below 4m. Many branched, twiggy, branches horizontal or drooping. Foliage mod-dense. Bark mid-brown, rough-hammered looking, coming off in multilayered irregular chunks. Gum exuding. Needles dark green, glossy, in 2's, facing nearly upright. Young female cones green, growing singly or in 2 opp each other at ends of branchlets. Male cones, catkin-like to 6.5cm tall, curved near apex.
Open forest situation open to the North. Sunny, sheltered from South. On edge of boggy patch with rushes.
Hickory pine.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 790, received Sept 2018
Specimen: two sheets (A&B) + bag of loose cones (C) in cone collection
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56086, 177.71706 (± 50 m)
177.71706, 177.71706 (± 50 m)
Last Update
26 Aug 2019
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