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Pinus mugo var. mugo |
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Mugo Pine, Swiss Mountain Pine |
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Low, broad-spreading to upright, bushy. |
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6-9 feet tall with a spread of 12-16 feet |
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Flowers are innocuocus. |
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Needles are borne in fascicles of 2 and 1-2 inches
long, rigid and curved, margins finely toothed,
with a prominent basal sheath about ½ inch
long. |
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Buds are reddish-brown, ¼-½ inch long,
encrusted with resin, appearing like “beer
nuts.” |
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Bark is gray, scaly, with regular bumpy
protuberances where the needles fell. |
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Cones are sessile to short-stalked, ¾-1½
inches
long, borne solitary or in small clusters. Cones
are not showy. |
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