The Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana) is a conifer from the western North America. It is the greatest of all pine species and is also the longest cones of the genus. Its name comes from secretion droplets that occur at edges of the wound and sweet taste by the high content of inositol.
The sugar pine reaches a height of 60 meters under optimum conditions was measured a maximum height of 83 meters and a diameter at breast height of three meters. The maximum age is 600 years. It has a straight trunk and narrow conical, open crown. The branches are horizontal and are far to stand off slightly overhanging. The bark of young trees is light brown and smooth, then it is thicker and more divided. Young shoots are thick and show a short, soft, brown hair. The red-brown buds are ovoid to cylindrical, 3-8 mm long, pointed, and resinous, and have close-fitting scales.
The needles are sitting in groups of five and are 7-10 inches long and 1.5 to 2 millimeters wide. They are dark green, stiff, slightly twisted and sharply pointed and have a serrated edge. Inside they have a bluish-white stomatal lines. The needle sheaths are 2 cm long and fell. The needles remain two to three years on the tree.
The male cones are yellow, cylindrical, and are 15 millimeters long. The seed cones mature after two years. They are glossy brown and are 30-60 cm long and 8-11 inches, when open to 25 centimeters wide. They are cylindrical, stalked and pendulous. The cone scales are leathery, broad wedge-shaped and have a convex back and a blunt tip and slightly curved back. The seeds are 1.5 inches long and winged.
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