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Environmental Weed Profiles
Botanical name
Pinus halepensis
Common name
Aleppo Pine
Family
Origin
Introduction
Weed type/form
Habitat invades
Flower
Seed
Dispersal
Pinaceae
Mediterranean and western Asia.
Plantation tree for timber and on farms for shade and shelter.
Evergreen tree to 20m tall.
Mallee and grassy woodlands.
Male and female cones produced on same plant.
Seed may be retained in unopened cones on trees for a few years.
Seed may be dispersed by wind up to a km or further by Yellow-tailed Black
Cockatoos, which use it as a food source.
Control
Carefully hand weed seedlings and small plants. Saplings can be cut off at
ground level without needing to be swabbed, larger plants can be ringbarked
below the lowest branches. When ringbarking, ensure the cut is wide enough
to prevent it growing back over with sap, about 20cm wide should be
sufficient. Remove all the bark and cut into the cambium layer, where sap
flows under the bark. Drilling and filling into the base of the stem is an
alternative, particularly where it is desirable to minimise the visual impact
that ringbarking creates.
Other notes
Pines are resinous with leaves that are needle-like, in pairs, grey-green in
colour and 5-8cm long. Trees usually reach sexual maturity between 8-20
years and many live for well over 100 years.
Similar native species
None
Declaration status
Declared in SA (class 5E, category 3)
Above: Aleppo Pine habit
Right top: female cones
Right bottom: leaves in twos
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