Pines 'needle-like leaves, which have evolved in adaptation to their environment, are longer than those of other conifers such as redwoods and cypresses, and their foliage is quite unlike the thick leaves and stout branches of broad-leaved trees, which shake heavily and chaotically in the wind.
大自然的紅花綠葉裡，松樹獨樹一幟，為適應環境特化而成的針葉，比之其他杉柏科針葉樹修長，更不似闊葉樹葉厚枝垂，迎風抖顫時顯得零亂。