Common Names
Chir (1) or Imodi pine.Taxonomic notes
Description
Range
Himal (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
The species comes closer than any other other pine to being deciduous, having a needle retention time of one year, the shortest of any pine (2).Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Richardson & Rundel 1998.
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Last modified on 7-Apr-1999