Silverspike Pine

This average-sized tree grows up to 49 meters (160.8 feet) tall and lives for over 2,000 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 2470 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a long and flexible, twisting trunk covered in fine, silky, pine-coloured bark, and inside, the hard wood is black.

The small handful of branches are very short and slender, with thousands of twigs covered with large amounts of tiny, red needles. The needles themselves are frail.

In late summer it produces small, silver, spiky-shelled seeds.

The roots are fine and grow in a large web, and overall the tree is sturdy and rigid.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together densely, with grassy ground between them.