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Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana)

Near the park is a young Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana). This import from China is occasionally planted as an ornamental because of its unusual bark: on older limbs the gray bark peels off (similar to Sycamore), leaving patches of green, brown and white. The needles are three to a sheath and sparsely arranged on the branchlets.