This pine tree can get up to about 60 ft. high with a 2 ft. diameter trunk. The mature trees have very thick, deep furrowed bark that is ...Read Moredark red-brown to black and broadly ridged. The 3" long, light brown and shiny cone takes three years to mature and has scales that are equipped with prickles on the tips that shed. The cones stay on the tree quite a while. The 4.5" long, pale green to dull gray needles have white lines and come three bunched together. The bundles around the needles are shed quickly. There are also random clusters of needles that grow on the trunk. This pine occurs in nature in the range of 5000-7800 ft. elevation on rocky dry slopes, scattered throughout the pine forests in southeastern Arizona. One place someone could find this tree is at Cave Creek, Portal in AZ. It is similar to Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) but the cones are smaller, the bark is darker and it has shorter needles. It is also native to the southwestern tip of New Mexico.
This pine tree can get up to about 60 ft. high with a 2 ft. diameter trunk. The mature trees have very thick, deep furrowed bark that is ...Read More