Everything about The Blue Pine totally explained
The
Blue Pine (
Pinus wallichiana) is a
pine native to the
Himalaya,
Karakoram and
Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern
Afghanistan east across northern
India to
Yunnan in southwest
China. It grows at high altitudes in mountain valleys at altitudes of 1800-4300 m (rarely as low as 1200 m), and is a
tree from 30-50 m in height. It grows in a temperate climate with dry winters and wet summers.
This pine is also called the Himalayan White Pine. It is also often known as 'Bhutan Pine', a name which can cause confusion with the more recently-described
Pinus bhutanica, a closely related species. In the past, Blue Pine was also known by the invalid Latin names "
Pinus griffithii" McClelland or "
Pinus excelsa"
Wall., and was also known as "
Pinus chylla"
Lodd. when the tree became available through the European nursery trade in 1836, nine years after
Dr Wallich first introduced seeds to England.
The
leaves ("needles") are in fascicles (bundles) of five and are 12-18 cm long, and often droop gracefully. The cones are long and slender, 16-32 cm, yellow-buff when mature, with thin scales; the seeds are 5-6 mm long with a 20-30 mm wing.
Typical habitats are mountain screes and glacier forelands, but it'll also form old growth forests as the primary species or in mixed forests with
Deodar Cedar,
birch,
spruce, and
fir. In some places it reaches the
tree line.
Uses
The
wood is moderately hard, durable and highly resinous. It is a good firewood but gives off a pungent resinous smoke. It is another commercial source of
turpentine which is superior quality than that of
Chir Pine (
P. roxburghii) but isn't produced so freely.
It is also a popular tree for planting in
parks and large
gardens, grown for its attractive foliage and large, decorative cones. It is also valued for its relatively high resistance to
air pollution, tolerating this better than some other conifers.
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