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Pinus densiflora
Also called Japanese Pine, Japanese Umbrella Pine, Tanyosho Pine, Korean Red Pine
Japanese red pine is a tall, evergreen conifer from East Asia, grown as a landscape tree, bonsai and for timber. It needs full sun, good drainage and room to grow, as it becomes a large tree.
Pinus densiflora, also called the Japanese red pine, the Japanese pine, or Korean red pine, is a species of pine, a conifer in the family Pinaceae native to East Asia and Siberia.
P. densiflora has a home range that includes Japan, the Korean peninsula, northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong and northeastern Jiangsu), and the extreme southeast of Russia (in Siberia, southern Primorsky Krai).
Strong wind resistance, P. densiflora is an excellent tree species for afforestation in stony mountains, barren soil and sandy land. The timber can be used for construction, electric poles, sleepers, ore pillars, furniture, and wood fibre industrial raw materials. The trunk is rich in resin, from which rosin and turpentine can be extracted. Essential oil can be extracted from the leaves. In northeast China, matsutake relies on P. densiflora for growth. "Jilin Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve/Jilin Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve" takes Matsutake, P. densiflora and ecosystem as the main protection objects. P. densiflora wood has natural anti-corrosion and anti-mildew properties, and natural preservatives and natural wood anti-mould agents can be extracted. P. densiflora has non-stinging needles and soft branches, making it easy to shape as a penjing.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinus densiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
