Evergreen Specimen Trees

* The roasted young cones can be eaten. Strobus; "makes a beautiful specimen" (Wyman). * Narrower and more symmetrical in habit than P. * it is a very beneficial treatment for a variety of skin complaints, wounds, sores, burns, boils etc and is used in...

* The roasted young cones can be eaten. Strobus; "makes a beautiful specimen" (Wyman). * Narrower and more symmetrical in habit than P. * it is a very beneficial treatment for a variety of skin complaints, wounds, sores, burns, boils etc and is used in...

Site in a location protected from winter winds. The tallest individual ever found measures about 65 meters high. * It is one of the largest tree species in Asia, reported to heights of 80 m tall and with a trunk up to 4 m diameter above buttressed base.

* The wood is beautifully grained. It is also valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper. Used for pianos, violins, interiors of buildings etc. It was named after Russian botanist Peter von Glehn .

* Bark smooth to wrinkled. * The trees are evergreen, 12 to 15 m tall. * Maple makes a handsome street tree in SE China.

The tree grows in hills, mountains, and broadleaf forests at elevations of 200–1400 m. * An evergreen native to southeastern China with needlelike foliage; pyramidal when young, later flat-topped; 7" cones, purple when young.

* Vladimir Dinets (e-mail 2004.11.14) reports trees in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan, growing up to 60 m tall. * Fir native to the western Himalaya and adjacent mountains, from northeast Afghanistan east through northern Pakistan and India to central...

Site in a location protected from winter winds. The tallest individual ever found measures about 65 meters high. * It is one of the largest tree species in Asia, reported to heights of 80 m tall and with a trunk up to 4 m diameter above buttressed base.

* Bark smooth to wrinkled. * The trees are evergreen, 12 to 15 m tall. * Maple makes a handsome street tree in SE China.

* The wood is beautifully grained. It is also valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper. Used for pianos, violins, interiors of buildings etc. It was named after Russian botanist Peter von Glehn .

* One of the smaller firs, preferring cooler climates.

* Vladimir Dinets (e-mail 2004.11.14) reports trees in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan, growing up to 60 m tall. * Fir native to the western Himalaya and adjacent mountains, from northeast Afghanistan east through northern Pakistan and India to central...

* Range China and Tibet * Typically found in high mountains where the climate is cold and wet.

* Range China and Tibet * Typically found in high mountains where the climate is cold and wet.

* One of the smaller firs, preferring cooler climates.

It is the largest species of hemlock , with the next largest ( Mountain Hemlock T. At all ages, it is readily distinguished by the pendulous branchlet tips. The crown is a very neat broad conic shape in young trees with a strongly drooping lead shoot,...

President Carter ordered a tree house built within the Cedar for his daughter Amy. * Cedrus atlantica(Atlas Cedar) is common in cultivation as an ornamental tree in temperate climates.

, Japan , where it grows at 1500-2000 m altitude. * Picea koyamae ( Koyama's Spruce ; Japanese : yatsugatake-tohhi ) is a rare spruce , native to Akaishi Mountains and Yatsugatake Mountains , or Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures in central Honsh?

, Japan , where it grows at 1500-2000 m altitude. * Picea koyamae ( Koyama's Spruce ; Japanese : yatsugatake-tohhi ) is a rare spruce , native to Akaishi Mountains and Yatsugatake Mountains , or Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures in central Honsh?

It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and China . In China, it is known as luo han song . Kusamaki and Inumaki are Japanese names for this tree, and Kusamaki is increasingly being used as the English name as well, replacing...

It is also a popular Christmas tree. * Pseudotsuga menziesii is one of the world's most important timber trees, valued in both the Old and New worlds * This is the largest member of the Pinaceae (the second largest, Picea sitchensis, grows with P.

The roots have been used as overlay twine warps and overlay twine weft bases in making baskets. * Calocedrus decurrens ( California Incense-cedar ; syn. Libocedrus decurrens Torr.) is a species of conifer native to western North America , with the bulk...

* The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir...

It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and China . In China, it is known as luo han song . Kusamaki and Inumaki are Japanese names for this tree, and Kusamaki is increasingly being used as the English name as well, replacing...

President Carter ordered a tree house built within the Cedar for his daughter Amy. * Cedrus atlantica(Atlas Cedar) is common in cultivation as an ornamental tree in temperate climates.

Plant nurseries grow Pinus contorta subsp. Contorta) smaller varieties and cultivars are also used in container gardening, including as large bonsai specimens . The Shore pine's (ssp.

It is native to northeast Asia , from the mountains of central Japan and the Changbai Mountains on the China - North Korea border, north to eastern Siberia , including the Sikhote-Alin , Kuril Islands , Sakhalin and Kamchatka .