Khasi pine
Benguet pine
three-needled pine
pinus kesiya latin

Khasi Pine usually grows in pure stands or mixed with broad-leaved trees, but does not form open pine forests.

The provincial tree is the Khasi Pine (Pinus kesiya).

The Khasi Pine, Pinus kesiya, is one of the most distributed pines in Asia.

The Khasi Pine population are especially dense in India and Burma and quite sparse elsewhere in its natural range.

The most distinguished ones on Phu Luang are Pinus merkusii and Khasi Pine forests, savanna on plains, mounds, and stone terraces.

A study on the effect of slash and burn practices in northeast India showed that the fungus prefers to fruit on burned cones of the Khasi Pine, and that the number of fruit bodies on unburned cones increases with cone girth.

The Philippine pine (Benguet Pine) is sometimes known as Pinus insularis; however, the current opinion is to treat these as conspecific with P. kesiya.

F Map Formerly a US military rest-and-recreation facility, 246-hectare Camp John Hay has been reinvented as a mountain resort with restaurants, hotels, shops and a fantastic golf course sprinkled amid rolling hills and stands of Benguet pines.

Suillus brevipes grows in a mycorrhizal association with various species of two- and three-needled pines, especially lodgepole and ponderosa pine.

A. One of the more entertaining insects, European pine sawflies eat only two- and three-needled pines, and mugho pine seems to be especially delicious.

The provincial tree is the Khasi Pine (Pinus kesiya).

The landscape is similar to the area on the Phu Kradueng plateau further southeast, with grasslands and pine trees such as Pinus kesiya.

Other conifers include Pinus kesiya, Dacrycarpus imbricatus, Podocarpus neriifolius, P. pilgeri and Nageia wallichiana.