Scientific Name: Pinus strobiformis
Common Name: southwestern white pine, Mexican white pine (seedling)
Family Name: Pinaceae
Origin: Mexico, U.S. - southwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 22 - 30m x 7 - 10m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Forestry
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Needle-like, Fascicles, Glabrous, Acicular, Serrulate
Flowers: n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, May-Jun
Fruit: Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Needles 5 per fascicle, 7-15cm long, finely serrate (unlike P. flexilis), bluish-green; cones up to 35cm long. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_strobiformis.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a>