Scots Pine

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	Up to 200 years"Up to 200 years" is not in the list (perennial, annual, biennial, unknown) of allowed values for the "Lifespan" property., rarely 400 years"rarely 400 years" is not in the list (perennial, annual, biennial, unknown) of allowed values for the "Lifespan" property.
Origin:	✈	Europe, SW & N Asia

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	Full sun"Full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Features:	✓	Glaucous blue-green foliage"Glaucous blue-green foliage" is not in the list (evergreen, deciduous, flowers, fragrance, edible, fruit, naturalizes, invasive, foliage, birds, ...) of allowed values for the "Features" property., orange-brown bark"Orange-brown bark" is not in the list (evergreen, deciduous, flowers, fragrance, edible, fruit, naturalizes, invasive, foliage, birds, ...) of allowed values for the "Features" property.

Scientific Names

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''Pinus sylvestris'' L. >

Read about Scots Pine in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pinus sylvestris, Linn. Scotch or Scots Pine. Tree, to 70, or occasionally 120 ft., with spreading, often somewhat pendulous branches, pyramidal when young, with broad and round-topped often picturesque head in old age: branchlets dull grayish yellow: winter-buds oblong ovate, brown, resinous: lvs. rigid, acute, twisted, bluish green, 1 1/2 - 3 in. long: cones short-stalked, conic-oblong, grayish or reddish brown, 1 1/2 -2 1/2 in. long; apophysis little thickened, slightly keeled, only those near the base elongated; umbo small, obtuse; seed dark gray, 1/6 in. long. Eu. to W. and N. Asia. —One of the most important timber trees of Eu. It is quite hardy, but has little to recommend it as an ornamental tree. Several geographical and garden forms have been distinguished. Var. argentea, Stev. Foliage light bluish green, with silvery hue. Var. aurea, Beissn., with the young lvs. golden yellow. Var. nivea, Schwerin. Lvs. a dirty greenish white. Var. Beissneriana, Schwerin. Lvs. green at first, changing to golden yellow in summer. Var. colum- naris compact;!, Bailly. Slow-growing, dense, columnar form. Var. fastigiata, Carr. (var. pyramidalis, Hort.). Of pyramidal habit. Var. virgata, Casp. Sparingly branched form with long flagellate branches. H.W. 1, p. 126. Var. crispata, Schwerin. Lvs. curved in different directions, having a crisp appearance. Var. pendula, Beissn. With pendulous branches. Var. pumila, Beissn. Dwarf globose bush. Besides these varieties a number of geographical races have been distinguished which differ chiefly in habit, growth, and hardiness and are more of silvicultural than of horticultural interest. The best known are var. rigensis, Loud., with a straight tall St.; var. lapponica, Fries (P. lapponica, Mayr). A pyramidal form of slow growth: lvs. broader and shorter, remaining green on the Branches for 4-7 years: cones more yellowish. N. Eu. Var. engadinensis, Heer. A slow-growing pyramidal form with thick and rigid lvs. 1-1 1/2 in. long and grayish green. Tyrol. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Varieties

• Pinus sylvestris var. sylvestris. The bulk of the range, from Scotland and Spain to central Siberia.
• Pinus sylvestris var. hamata Steven. The Balkans, northern Turkey and the Caucasus. Foliage more consistently glaucous all year, not becoming duller in winter; cones more frequently with a pyramidal apophysis.
• Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv. Mongolia and adjoining parts of southern Siberia and northwestern China. Foliage duller green, shoots grey-green; leaves occasionally up to 12 cm long.
• Pinus sylvestris var. nevadensis D.H.Christ. The Sierra Nevada in southern Spain and possibly other Spanish populations. Cones often with thicker scales, but doubtfully distinguishable on morphology.

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References

• Steven, H. M., & Carlisle, A. (1959, facsimile reprint 1996). The Native Pinewoods of Scotland. Castlepoint Press.
• Carlisle, A., & Brown, A. H. F. (1968). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Pinus sylvestris L. J. Ecol. 56: 269-307.
• Flora of NW Europe - Scots Pine
• Trees for Life - Scots Pine
• Gymnosperm Database - Pinus sylvestris

External links

• w:Scots Pine. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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