Pinus densiflora var. brevifolia Liou & Q. L. Wang; P. densiflora var. funebris (Komarov) Liou & Q. L. Wang ex Silba; P. densiflora f. liaotungensis (Liou & Q. L. Wang) Kitagawa; P. densiflora var. liaotungensis Liou & Q. L. Wang; P. funebris Komarov; P. scopifera Miquel.

Bark orange-red or red-brown. First-year branchlets white powdery. Needles twisted, 5-12 cm, resin canals 4-6, margin usually not inflexed. Seed cones erect. Apophyses usually flat. Seeds obovoid-ellipsoid or ovoid, 3-7 mm; wing 1.5-2 cm. Pollination Apr, seed maturity Sep-Oct of 2nd year.

Coastal regions to mountains; near sea level to 900 m. E Heilongjiang, NE Jiangsu, SE Jilin, C and S Liaoning, E and N Shandong [Japan, Korea, E Russia]