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| | Pinus squamata description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Leaves superficially resembling Pinus armandii, drooping, 4-5 per fascicle, 9-17 cm long, slender, 0.8 mm wide, glossy green on dorsal face, white stomatal lines on inner faces (1, 2); sheath mostly deciduous but smallest sheath scales moderately persistent (2; as in Pinus rzedowskii and P. |
 | | Those shown here are young, perhaps about 30 years old, mixed with Pinus yunnanensis in a habitat which appears to comprise open scattered degraded secondary woodland, scrub and grassland. |
 | | The widely-spaced branch whorls suggest that these trees are as yet far from mature and could become markedly larger, possibly reaching heights over 30 m eventually. |
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