Pinus parviflora
Japanese white pine · also Five-needle pine
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Pinus parviflora, or Japanese white pine, is an evergreen conifer with distinctive glaucous blue-green to deep green needles borne in fascicles of five. It often forms an irregular, picturesque shape. While it can grow large in the wild, it's typically cultivated to about 30 feet and is valued for ornamental landscapes due to its delicate appearance.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 270.01%—6.0 in
- 210.02%23 yr29 in
- 40.00%—5.7 in
- 30.00%—22 in
- 20.00%——
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%—11 in
- 10.00%——
- 10.00%—1.3 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 25–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–50 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.0 in, mean 16 in, 90th percentile 34 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Nihonkai evergreen forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
- Taiheiyo evergreen forests
Other Pinus in the catalogue
51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
