"Trees to 24 m; trunk to 1 m diam., straight to contorted; crown broad, thin, irregular. Bark dark gray-brown to near black, deeply furrowed, with long, scaly, irregularly anastomosing, rounded ridges

These trees range in size from 25 to 75 feet in height. The long needles occur in bunches of three and can be 6 to 12-plus inches long. Their unique claim to fame is their large cone—it is the large