 Trees 15–25 m tall with a single round trunk up to 150 cm diameter at breast height. |
Aleppo Pine Pinus halepensis Exotic; native to Mediterranean region and western Asia. Named after Aleppo, a town in Syria where the species was first described. It was extirpated from the wild in Malta at the beginning of the last century, but is now strictly protected through national legislation and is being replanted. It is an important source or resin for subsistence economies in Eastern Europe. Forestry Images North Main Divide Road and Ortega Highway, Cleveland National Forest, Orange Co., CA. 2-17-12. © Peter J. Bryant Back to Pinaceae of Orange County, California |
 Trunk often divided to form a rounded or flat-topped crown of slender upturned branches. |
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 Upturned branches bearing both closed and open female cones. |
 Male cones, closed and open female cones |
 Closed female (ovulate) cone |
 Open female (ovulate) cone. Cones take three years to mature and remain on branches for long thereafter. |
 Male (pollen) cone; early stage |
 Male (pollen) cone, later stage |
%20Tucker%20Wildlife%20Sanctuary%204-11-10%20003.jpg) Male (pollen) cones, later stage. Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, Modjeska Canyon, Orange County, CA. 4-11-10. © Joan Avise |
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 Upturned branches bearing both closed and open female cones. |
 Branchlets smooth, slightly ridged, gray-green. |
 Bark at first smooth silvery gray, later becomings purple-brown, longitudinally grooved and fissured into scaly plates. Resin in the crack. |
 Needles in grops of two or rarely three |