Lace-Bark Pine (Pinus bungeana)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

rich seed has a resinous flavour. — Seed - raw or cooked.; A reasonable size, being up to 10mm x 8mm.; The oil-rich seed has a resinous flavour.; A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.

Habitat & North American Range

Mud and sandstone shales, 1000 - 1250 metres. Often found on limestone. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)