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wallichiana (Bhutan Pine) is a southern European tree that has been
planted in various parts of Tasmania and has become naturalised in
a few places. It is a large, erect tree with spreading
branches and very distinctive foliage. The leaves are long needles and are held in clusters of
five with a brown sheath
around the base. The female cones are large, elongated and woody.
Pinus pinaster and
P. radiata have also been naturalised in Tasmania. They
have shorter cones than P. wallichiana and either two (P.
pinaster) or three (P. radiata) leaves per fascicle.
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