Notable Specimens | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. |
Habitat | Eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, north-central India, southwestern Tibet and western Nepal. |
Leaf Description | The leaves are needle-like, mostly 2.5-5 cm long, occasionally up to 7 cm long, slender (1 mm thick), borne singly on long shoots, and in dense clusters of 20-30 on short shoots; they vary from bright green to glaucous blue-green in colour. |
Fruit Description | The female cones are barrel-shaped, 7-13 cm long and 5-9 cm broad, and disintegrate when mature (in 12 months) to release the winged seeds. The male cones are 4-6 cm long, and shed their pollen in autumn. |