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The Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora) belongs to Pinaceae (the Pine family). It is a tall evergreen tree that is distributed from southern Hokkaido to Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan. This tree grows in montain ridges or crumbling slopes and can reach 20-30 m in height. The barks are dark gray and furrowed into scaly ridges when aging. The leaves are soft, linear and five per bundle. This tree is cutivated as a garden tree or bonsai, and the timbers are used for architectures, furnitures, instruments and so on. It is also known as "•P¬¼" (Hime-komatsu) in Japan. The 10th-11th, 17th and bottom photos show "Yudagawa-no-matsu", a pine tree estimated to be 600 years old. In addition, the 12th-16th of the photo are "Yamanobe-no-matsu".
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