| Scientific Name: | Pinus thunbergii |
| Common Name: | Japanese black pine |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Spreading |
| Form: | Irregular |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Fascicles, Leathery, Glabrous, Acicular, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Green, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Irregular habit, bark dark purple-gray, young shoots yellow-brown shoots, buds grey-brown, covered with silky white hairs; needles 2 per fascicle, 7-13cm long x ~1mm wide, often twisted; seed cones 4-7cm long x 3.3-6.5cm wide, scales numerous, 18-28mm long x 8-12mm wide, seeds 6mm long with 12-16mm long wing. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_thunbergii.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |