Organic Banks Pine Seeds (Pinus Banksiana)

The tree in the range is up to 25 m in height, in culture 6-18 m in height. The trunk is straight, sometimes branched from the base. The crown is compact, thin, narrowly oval-conical, in old trees it is irregular, ovoid-conical.

The whorliness of the branches, characteristic of the genus, is almost absent. Twisted branches, twisting shoots, strong, flexible, brown, young branches glabrous, yellowish-green. The bark is orange-gray, then dark red-brown, furrowed, divided into thick scaly plates.

Needles in bunches of 2 pieces, 2-6 cm long, 0.15 cm thick, strongly curved and twisted, spreading, with a pointed tip, bluntly serrate along the edge, light green to yellow-green, preserved on shoots 2-3 ( 5 years. Cones 3-6.5 cm long, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, narrowed and curved towards the apex, irregularly ovoid-conical, often paired, brownish-yellow. Shields of seed scales with very short spines. The buds remain closed for several years after the seeds have ripened, opening up and pouring out the seeds at irregular intervals.

Seeds are triangular, usually about 0.6 cm in length, with a wing up to 1.2 cm in length. The resin, which often appears on the shoots, is extremely aromatic. Hardy to minus 45 ° C. In culture, since 1735.