Scots Pine

Scots Pine - Pinus sylvestris Pinus sylvestris
 
Species: Pinaceae
Type: Evergreen
Height: Up to 150' (45 m)
Fruit: Cones
   
 
Scots Pine    

 

The Scots Pine is the only pine native to Britain.

The needles are a bluish-green, long (about 4 -7 cms), narrow and pointed. The egg-shaped cones are a dull brown and open in late summer to release their seeds.

The bark is greyish-brown (in older trees) and fissured.

 

Scots Pine - Pinus sylvestris
    Scots Pine Cones


Scots Pine - Pinus sylvestris

Scots Pine Bark - Pinus sylvestris
    Scots Pine Bark

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