Eswatini's Alien Plants Database

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Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham. var. patula

PODOCARPACEAE

patula pine, Mexican yellow pine, spreading leaved pine, Mexican weeping pine

Invasive, Problem species

Origin: Central America (Mexico to Nicaragua) Mexico

Growth Form: Tree

Plant Description: Plant: Coniferous tree with drooping foliage, 12–20(–40) m high; conical when young, developing a dense, rounded canopy at maturity; often forking low down with long, spreading branches. Leaves: Needles, bright green, in bundles of three, long (120–300 mm), slender and drooping. Flowers: No description available. Fruit: Pale brown, woody, conic-ovoid, in clusters of 2–5, 70–100 mm long, strongly reflexed on very short stalks; cone scales with sunken centres and minute, deciduous prickles.

Key Features:

Control: ring-bark, fell or treat large trees with soil acting herbicides, seedling and saplings can be uprooted when the soil is moist

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More information:
Weeds & Invasive Plants Home Page
NRCS Plants Database

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