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Tree Description #8
Common: Austrian Pine
Scientific: Pinus Nigra
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Leaf: Type: Pine, 2 per bundle, stiff, dark green,
3.5 to 6 inches
Venation: Parallel
Arrangement: Alternate
Flower/Needles:
Description: Insignificant
Fruit:
Description: Pyramidal
cone, small brown nuts
Twig: Light brown or gray; needle
continuous to the apex, bright green in spring
Bark: Dark gray, thick,
furrowed into irregular scaly plates
Form: Pyramid (50-60 ft. high; 20-40
ft. wide)
Discussion:
Uses: Habitat and windbreaks; can stand
dryness and exposure
Origin: Central and Southeastern
Europe and Asia Minor; also in Northwestern Africa.
Distribution: Throughout the United
States; Zones:4 to 7
References:
Trees, Allen J. Coombes
The Illustrated Book of Trees, William C. Grimm
The Urban Tree Book, Arthur Plotnik
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Trees, Simon & Schuster
National Audubon Society field Guide to North American Trees,
Alfred Knopf
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Trees of the World, Bayard Hora
Guide to Trees in Bloomington, Illinois; Citizen's Beautification
Committee
Trees of North America, Field Guide and Natural History, Thomas
S. Elias
