Scots pine
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is a species of pine native to Europe and Asia. It ranges from Scotland, Ireland and Portugal in the west, east to eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia.
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In the north of its range, it occurs from sea level to 1,000 m, while in the south of its range it is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at 1,200–2,600 m altitude.
It has fairly short, blue-green leaves and orange-red bark.[2][3][4][5]
Scots Pine Media
European red pine young female cone (length 5.5 mm) with closed scales
Pinus sylvestris forest in Sierra de Guadarrama, central Spain
Roots of an old pine in Ystad, Sweden
Pinus sylvestris var. hamata, Crimea
Scots pine Pinus sylvestris, Dordogne, France.
Pinus sylvestris hamata cones Bulgaria
Pinus sylvestris var mongolica kz01
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Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Branch with a cone and needles close-up. Ukraine, Vinnytsia rajon.
References
- ↑ Conifer Specialist Group (1998). Pinus sylvestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- ↑ Farjon A. 2005. Pines drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus 2nd ed, Brill. ISBN 90-04-13916-8
- ↑ Gymnosperm database: Pinus sylvestris
- ↑ Trees for life: Species profile: Scots pine Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Mirov N.T. 1967. The genus Pinus. Ronald Press.
