Pinus densata seed

LATIN NAME: PINUS DENSATA

COMMON NAME: Alpine Pine

The alpine pine bristles the tall, upright, evergreen tree with the stiff, dark-green needles in the paired bundles that crowd the branches and the small, oval cones that ripen through the second season, the bark developing the thick, grey-brown plates on the old trunks. The crown holds the narrow, conical form, and the tree stands the cold, the wind and the poor, rocky soils with remarkable ease. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The extreme altitude range of the alpine pine holds a long place in the research on the high-mountain pines of the pine family, and the densata species appears in the studies of the thin-air survival and the watershed protection. The work looks at the way the tree stands the cold, wind and rocky soils, the resin chemistry, and the seed biology. The foresters value the timber, and the ecologists note the shelter on the exposed slopes. The growers of the hardy alpine pines keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the cold, exposed garden, the alpine pine bristles the high ridges with the dark green. The narrow, bristling crown makes the windbreak for the high ground, it holds the soil on the rocky slopes, and the timber and the resin have served the traditional uses for the ages. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Tough, bristling and high-altitude.

To grow the Alpine Pine from seed, mix the seeds with the damp sand and leave them through the cool spell, then press them onto the gritty surface of the seed tray, keep the mix lightly moist through the cool spell, and the seedlings come up in the weeks after.

Keep the young trees gently watered, and give them the open, sunny spot. The bristling crown comes over the years. Settle the young pines in the sunny, deep ground, and the bristling crown will rise against the wind.

Pinus densata, commonly known as the Sikang Pine, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.