
Introduction to Huashan pine (Five-needle pine): Huashan pine (Five-needled pine) has yellow male cones with several egg-shaped spoon-shaped scales surrounding the base, which are gathered into spikes at the lower part of new branches. The cones are green when young and light yellowish brown when mature; the apex of the seed scales is not recurved or slightly recurved; the scale hilum is not obvious. The seeds are wingless and have ridges on both sides and top. Mainly produced in the mountains from central China to southwestern China.