25)+Apeppo+Pine

* Evergreen- "having green leaves throughout the entire year, the leaves of the past season not being shed until after the new foliage has been completely formed."
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* Seeds- The cones open 5-8 cm wide when the seeds are released. The seeds are 5-6 mm long, wind-dispersed

 * Woody Spepcies- a self-supporting, plant, with a single main stem and generally growing more than 20 feet tall.

**Identifying features:**
__**Buds**:__ Monoecious; males cylindrical, in a tight cluster at the branch tips; females small, red - purple with loose scales at branch tips. __**Leaves**:__ Evergreen, Short needles, 2 - 3 inches long, usually 2 per bundle, fine appearance. __**Bark**:__ Light gray and smooth when young, turning red - brown and furrowed, with rounded scaly ridges.. __**Cones**:__ 3 - 5 inches long, rounded, oval or oblong in shape.
 * __Height:__** 70 feet in height and 20-40 feet in diameter at maturity.







__Monoecious:__ male and female strobili born on same tree
__**Method of fertilization/ pollen transfer:**__

wind-fertilized flowers. the amount of pollen produced is out of all proportion to the number of ovules. Allogamous.(self fertilization) Male and female flowers are located on different parts of a tree (monoecy). Aleppo Pines are prolific seed dispersers and can colonize open and disturbed areas easily.

__**Botanical description of fruit:**__

The Aleppo Pine is a conifer, therfore does not have flowers, but it does have cones. "Their cones are imbricate with scales overlapping each other like fish scales. The female cone has two types of scale: the **bract scales**, derived from a modified leaf, and the **seed scales.** The bract scales develop first, and are conspicuous at the time of pollination; the seed scales develop later to enclose and protect the seeds, with the bract scales often not growing further. The scales open temporarily to receive pollen, then close during fertilisation and maturation, and then re-open again at maturity to allow the seed to escape. Maturation takes 6-8 months from pollination in most Pinaceae genera, 18-24 months in most pines."




 * __Ideal conditions for reproduction:__**

"Aleppo pines only reproduces through seed. By the geographical patterns by Aleppo pine suggest ecotypic specialization for either resource-poor (favoring early reproduction) or resource-rich (favoring vegetative growth) habitats. young Aleppo pines start their reproductive life as females, producing little or no pollen until their crown is structurally well developed."

**Habitat and living requirments:**
__Sun/ Shade:__ sun to full sun __Soil:__ Sandy Loam to Loam/ tolerant of varying soil types __Moisture__: tollerant to moisture in the air, yet is not an ideal envirnment. __Tempurature: Hardiness zones:__ 9-10 __Disease/ pest susceptibility:"__ They can be subject to many diseases, such as damping off, root rot, dieback, blister rust, canker, blight, scale, pine needle miner, pine weevil, bark beetles and pinewood nematode. Well situated plants should be relatively trouble free. They suffer salt damage along highways and can get tip burn in areas of high sulfur dioxide or ozone." [] __Ph:__ 5.5- 6.5


 * wind and slant tollerant

In the picture below you will see an Aleppo Pine in its ideal living requirments. It is in a reasonable amount of sun. By looking at the surronding enviornment, you can tell it is at some type of public building or school. This hints that the soil is well, it is watered regularly, and is in its most ideal living conditions.



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