Korean Pine
Overview
 
The tree species Pinus koraiensis is commonly called Korean Pine. It is native to eastern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, Korea
Korea
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, Manchuria
Manchuria
Manchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria usually falls entirely within the People's Republic of China, or is sometimes divided between China and Russia. The region is commonly referred to as Northeast...

, far eastern Russia
Russia
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, and central Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. In the north of its range, it grows at moderate altitudes, typically 600 metres (1,968.5 ft) to 900 metres (2,952.8 ft), whereas further south, it is a mountain
Mountain
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 tree, growing at 2000 metres (6,561.7 ft) to 2600 metres (8,530.2 ft) altitude in Japan. It is a large tree, reaching a mature size of 40 metres (131.2 ft) to 50 metres (164 ft) height, and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) to 2 metres (6.6 ft) trunk diameter.

It is a member of the white pine
Pinus classification
There are three main subgenera of Pinus, the subgenus Strobus , the subgenus Ducampopinus , and the subgenus Pinus...

 group, Pinus subgenus Strobus
Pinus classification
There are three main subgenera of Pinus, the subgenus Strobus , the subgenus Ducampopinus , and the subgenus Pinus...

, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five, with a deciduous sheath.
 
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