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Pinus bergiana [thunbergiana?]. White barked pine. [Tau Chou Ssu?]. View of a very fine specimen of the white barked pine (Trunk and larger branches) that we yet have seen. Seed was secured and given our field number #7312. Photograph #45933.

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Unknown. “Pinus bergiana [thunbergiana?]. White barked pine. [Tau Chou Ssu?]. View of a very fine specimen of the white barked pine (Trunk and larger branches) that we yet have seen. Seed was secured and given our field number #7312. Photograph #45933..” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed October 9, 2026, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/381.