Yellow-Brown Pine

This average-sized tree grows up to 53 meters (173.9 feet) tall and lives for over 3,000 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 3825 years old. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a stocky, slanted trunk covered in thick, ridged, yellow-brown bark, and inside, the hard wood is pine-coloured.

The abundance of branches are short stubs, with hundreds of twigs covered with handfuls of tiny, red needles. The needles themselves are rigid.

In late summer it produces large, dark brown, shelled seeds.

The roots spread far and go deep underground, and overall the tree is rigid and brittle.

Forests of this species feature trees spaced far apart, with the space between filled with undergrowth.