Pinus lambertiana seed

LATIN NAME: PINUS LAMBERTIANA

COMMON NAME: Sugar Pine

The sugar pine masts the tallest of the pines, the towering, evergreen conifer with the long, soft, blue-green needles in the bundles of five and the smooth, grey-brown bark, the needles mastiing the open, majestic crown, the enormous, cylindrical cones following, the cones hanging down from the upper branches, the cones holding the large, winged seeds. The tree grows steadily into the tall, open crown, and it stands the cold and the high altitudes well. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The giant cones and the towering habit of the sugar pine give it a recognised place in the research on the mountain timber pines of the five-needle white pine group, and the lambertiana species appears in the studies of the cone-biology conifers and the seed food value. The work looks at the way the enormous cones hang from the upper branches, the clear, straight timber, and the seed biology. The foresters value the wood, and the growers of the cold-climate specimen and forest pines keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the cool, open ground, the sugar pine masts the cool garden with the towering crown. The enormous cones hang from the upper branches, the seeds feed the birds and the small mammals, and the timber serves the building and the joinery for the ages. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Giant-coned, five-needled and majestic.

To grow the Sugar Pine from seed, sow the seeds into the wide, sandy drills of the open bed in the autumn.

Sow the seeds into the wide, sandy drills of the open bed, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The mast form comes over the years. , then cover them lightly, keep the drills gently watered, and the young trees come through over the spring. The mast form will tower within a few seasons.

 

 

 

 

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It grows naturally in Western North America. It is found in montane forests along the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Oregon, Nevada, California and Northern Mexico.

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A large tree up to 70 m high (in exceptional cases up to 81 m) and up to 1.2—1.8 m in diameter.

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This pine has grayish-green twisted needles, 12 cm long.

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The resin contains a large amount of sugar, which is why in the United States Lambert pine is also called Sugar Pine — sugar Pine.

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Differs giant cones, an average of 25-50 cm long (the size of individual cones can reach up to 66 cm). The seeds are 10-12 mm in size (i.e. about the same size as Siberian cedar, edible.

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