Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra
Pinaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Austria to Cent. Italy, Greece, and Yugoslavia
Location
Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Urban Tree Collection
Source of plant
US National Arboretum, Princeton Nurseries, Moses Nurseries, Weston Nurseries, W. J. Beal Botanical Garden, Edgewood Nursery
Description
Densely pyramidal when young, becoming a large, broad, flat-topped tree with a rough, short trunk and low, stout, spreading branches. Plants reach 50' to 60' in height, 20' to 40' in width; can atain 100' inheight. Bark with dark brown furrows, usually with gray or gray-brown mottled ridges.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
winter interest, notable texture, bark