Bosnian Pine       PI-nus loo-ko-DERM-is

• Conifer, evergreen tree, slow growing, may reach 70 ft (20 m) tall, pyramidal habit.  Bark gray, leaving yellow to whitish patches after exfoliating in irregular scales.  Young shoots gray-white, thick and glabrous (hairless), appearing like a snakeskin after the needles fall (Krüssmann, 1985)  (Sometimes called the "snakeskin pine".)  Needles 2 per bundle, very densely arranged, forward pointing, 7-9 cm long, stiff, dark green, stomatal lines on all sides, sheath 10-12 mm long.  Cones oblong-ovate, cobalt-blue or black when young, 5-7.5 cm long, short stalked, brown.
• Sun.  
• Hardy to USDA Zone 6        Native to the Balkans.   Common ornamental pine in Europe.
• leucodermis: from the Greek leukos, white, and derma, skin.