COMMON NAME(S):
LEAF: needles (deciduous) are 3/4 to 1 1/4"long, soft, flattened with ridge beneath, 30-40 unequal in length, and crowded on spurs on leader twigs, light green turning yellow in autumn
BARK: gray, turning brown, thick, furrowed and scaly
CONE: 1-1 1/4" long, egg-shaped, reddish and rosebudlike when young
GROWTH: 70 feet
DISTRIBUTION: Native of N. and central Europe; grown in NE United States and SE Canada
LOCATION: South Park, Quincy, IL