*Pinus thunbergii
*Pinus thunbergii
JAPANESE BLACK PINE
Pinaceae
Asia
Location: map coordinates L-32 (southeast corner of Mishoe Science Center), N 39°11'10'' W 75°32'26''
Planting history: presently unknown.
Description:
*Non-native species (not native to Delaware). Listed as Invasive in Delaware, on dunes of Atlantic Coast (coastal plain), Sussex County
JAPANESE BLACK PINE
Pinaceae
Asia
Location: map coordinates L-32 (southeast corner of Mishoe Science Center), N 39°11'10'' W 75°32'26''
Planting history: presently unknown.
Description:
- small- to medium-sized evergreen tree, conifer
- etymology: Pinus = the Latin name; thunbergii from Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) Swedish botanist/physician and student of Linnaeus; introduced many plants from Japan
- needles in 2’s; 3”-4.5” long
- cones 2”-3” long
- tree shape irregular, open
- susceptible to an American species of nematode (roundworm), whose introduction to Japan has caused this pine to become endangered there in its native land
- drought-tolerant; sandy soils. Planted to stabilize dunes; many planted at Cape Henlopen Delaware in WW II, where it became invasive and is now being removed
*Non-native species (not native to Delaware). Listed as Invasive in Delaware, on dunes of Atlantic Coast (coastal plain), Sussex County
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