Scientific Name:	Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid'
Pronunciation:	PYE-nus FLECKS-ih-lis
Common Name:	Vanderwolf's pyramid pine
Family Name:	Pinaceae
Plant Type:	Conifer
Key ID Features:	Needles 4-9cm. long, blue-green, bundles of 5, persistent; female cones long, ovoid, yellow-ochre, male cones red; fruit wingless seeds.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Dense, Twiggy, Upright Form: Pyramidal - narrowly Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: 10 - 15m Spread: 5 - 7m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: B.C. east of Cascades, Garden origin, U.S. - southwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry Landscape Uses: Hedge row, Native planting, Screening, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Needle-like Arrangement: Fascicles Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Colour in Fall: Bluish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Acicular Margins:

Inflorescence Type: n/a (male cone) Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Colour (petals): Male Cone, Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep, Oct Additional Info: Showy, Persistent, rarely form locally

Bark Morphology: Smooth, Lightly fissured, Single stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Grey     Leaf Bud Type: Ovoid Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizae

Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West (WDH) Wark-Dumais House Location Map

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