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Pinus sylvestris |
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Scotch Pine |
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Northern Europe |
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Loosely pyramidal at first, becoming irregular,
open, wide-spreading with a flat to rounded top,
commonly the trunk is leaning and crooked. |
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30-60 feet tall with a spread of 30-40 feet |
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Plants are
monoecious. Cones are not showy. |
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Needles are borne in fascicles of 2 and are 1-4 inches
long, twisted, stiff, with finely toothed
margins, blue-green in color. |
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Bark is orange to orange-brown, thin, smooth,
peeling off in papery flakes on the upper
portion of the plant, the lower trunk is gray to
reddish-brown, often marbled, fissured into
irregular plates. |
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Cones are, 1˝-3 inches long, borne solitary
or in small clusters, gray or dull brown in
color. |
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- 'Argentea' - Silver Scotch Pine - Leaves
silvery color
- 'Fastigiata' - Pyramidal Scotch Pine - columnar and
narrow in habit
- 'Nana' - Dwarf Scotch Pine - low,
densely rounded bush with short, horizontal
or ascending branches
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