Pinus densiflora

Japanese red pine ("akamatsu" in Japanese) or Korean red pine is a member of the pine or Pinaceae family and is native to Japan, Korea and northeastern China. It can reach 35 m tall and commonly is used as an ornamental tree, particularly in the classic Japanese garden.

A popular cultivar is the multi-trunked Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera'.

• It is a 2-needle pine, with needles 8–12 cm long, straight or slightly twisted, appearing tufted on branches; sheath is retained. Branches are in yearly whorls.
• Species is monoecious; male pollen cones are cylindrical, yellowish in clusters; young females are yellow-green to purple, maturing in 2 years.
• Mature seed cones are 4–7 cm long, with a short spine, in whorls of 2–5 at branch whorls, remaining closed and attached for several years; cones resemble those of Scots pine (P. sylvestris).
• Twigs are green, smooth, developing flaky orange-red appearance; bark in the upper crown is orangish and peeling, with older bark scaly, more gray.