Scots Pine

Other names

Scotch Pine, Scotch Fir

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Norway & Scotland to Spain, Western Asia & Northeastern Siberia; Naturalized in Some Places in New England

Location

Urban Tree Collection, South Hill Swamp

Source of plant

Schichtel's Nursery, John Ewanicki

Description

Plants reach 30' to 60' in height, 30' to 40' in width; can attain 80' to 90' in height; habit in youth irregularly pyramidal with short, spreading branches, the lower soon dying, the plant with age becoming very picturesque, open, wide-spreading and flat or round-topped, almost umbrella-shaped. Needles held in pairs, persisting about 3 years, variable in length, 1" to 3"(4") long, twisted, stiff, short-pointed, margins minutely toothed, glaucous with many well-defined lines of stomata on the outer side, blue-green in color; leaf sheaths 1/4" to 3/8" long, persistent. Bark on the upper portions of the stems orangish or rangish brown, thin, smooth, peeling off in papery flakes, thick towards the base, grayish or reddish-brown, fissured into irregular, longitudinal scaly plates.

USDA Hardiness Zone

2

Special characteristics

winter interest

Status

L4|SNR|G5