Pinus sabiniana seed

LATIN NAME: PINUS SABINIANA

COMMON NAME: Gray Pine

The gray pine hazes the tall, open, evergreen conifer with the sparse, long, drooping, grey-green needles in the bundles of three and the thick, deeply furrowed, grey-brown bark, the grey needles hazing the open, airy crown, the large, heavy, brown cones following, the cones holding the large, edible seeds. The tree grows quickly into the tall, open, rounded crown, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The open, airy crown and the large cones of the gray pine give it a recognised place in the research on the dry-foothill pines of the great pine group, and the sabiniana species appears in the studies of the wildlife seed trees and the hot-slope growth. The work looks at the way the heavy cones carry the large seeds, the light, knotted timber, and the seed biology. The ecologists value the wildlife food, and the growers of the dry-climate native and wildlife gardens keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the dry, warm ground, the gray pine hazes the dry garden with the grey-green needles. The heavy cones feed the birds and the small mammals, the open crown gives the light shade, and the timber has served the fuel and the small crafts. It grows well in the well-drained, sunny ground. Grey-hazed, open and wildlife-fed.

To grow the Gray Pine from seed, set the seeds into the light, sandy drills of the seedbed in the autumn.

Set the seeds into the light, sandy drills of the seedbed, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The haze of needles comes over the years. , then cover them lightly, keep the drills gently watered, and the young trees come through over the spring. The haze of needles will grey within a few seasons.

 

 

 

 

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Sabine pine, or Sabine Pine, or gray Pine (lat. Pínus sabiniána is an endemic species of the Pine genus of the Pinaceae Family, native to California.

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The scientific name is in honor of Edward Sabin (1788-1883), Anglo-Irish botanist. Originally written sabiniana, which is incorrect in Latin (correctly Sabinius), and recently[when?] has been corrected to sabineana. However, the revised spelling has not yet been adopted for General use, and the spelling sabiniana is still more common.

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Usually grows to 12-15 m, but can reach a height of 35 m.

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Pine needles Sabina rare and drooping, grows in separate bundles of three needles, pale gray-green, up to 20-30 cm in length.

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Cones are large and heavy, 12-35 cm long. Male cones grow at the base of the shoots on the lower branches.

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Sabina pine grows at an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level, statewide in the foothills of the California valley, except for the southernmost and Eastern counties South of lake Tahoe, on rocky soil in dry conditions, in communities with Douglas oak (Quercus douglasii), forming the upper tier of mixed forests.

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Pine needles Sabina-the only known food caterpillars moth species Sabinianus chionodes family Gelechiidae.

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