Scots Pine

name botanical:

Pinus sylvestris

other name:

Scots Pine

family:

Pinaceae

species:

conifer

height:

up to 35 m (115 ft)

needle:

paired, blue-green, often rotated up to ca. 7 cm (2.8 in)

fruit:

cones, green - brown, elongated egg-shaped

bark:

first smooth biscuit, later deep cracked, coarse scales, brown-red

root:

taprooter

location:

tolerates heat

soil:

sandy - loamy

ph value:

strongly acidic - strongly alkaline

stature:

in tiers, expanded