What pine is this?
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squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Scots?
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I dunno?
The needles grow in pairs, are blue-green in colour and about 5 cm. (2 inches) in length. They normally remain on the trees for 2-3 years, with the old needles turning yellow in September or October before they are shed. Drops of sticky resin often cover the tree's buds, and also provide a natural preservative for the wood: if a Scots pine dies while it is still standing, the skeleton can persist for 50 or even 100 years before falling down, because the high resin content in the sap makes the wood very slow to decay.
Scots pine is unusual amongst conifers in having a number of different mature growth forms, ranging from tall and straight-trunked with few side branches, to broad, spreading trees with multiple trunks. Eleven different growth forms, or habit types, have been identified for Scots pine in Scotland, and many of these can easily be seen in the pinewood remnants. Young Scots pines display the characteristically conical shape of conifers, but as the trees mature, this gives way to the flat- or round-topped shapes which are typical of the pines in the ancient Caledonian Forest remnants.
In good situations on mainland Europe, Scots pine can grow to 36 metres (120 feet) in height, but in most of the pinewood remnants in Scotland today the largest trees are about 20 metres (65 feet) tall, with exceptional trees recorded up to 27 metres (90 feet). Maximum girth at breast height is usually up to 2.4 metres (8 feet), although some trees up to 3.6 metres (12 feet) have been recorded
The needles grow in pairs, are blue-green in colour and about 5 cm. (2 inches) in length. They normally remain on the trees for 2-3 years, with the old needles turning yellow in September or October before they are shed. Drops of sticky resin often cover the tree's buds, and also provide a natural preservative for the wood: if a Scots pine dies while it is still standing, the skeleton can persist for 50 or even 100 years before falling down, because the high resin content in the sap makes the wood very slow to decay.
Scots pine is unusual amongst conifers in having a number of different mature growth forms, ranging from tall and straight-trunked with few side branches, to broad, spreading trees with multiple trunks. Eleven different growth forms, or habit types, have been identified for Scots pine in Scotland, and many of these can easily be seen in the pinewood remnants. Young Scots pines display the characteristically conical shape of conifers, but as the trees mature, this gives way to the flat- or round-topped shapes which are typical of the pines in the ancient Caledonian Forest remnants.
In good situations on mainland Europe, Scots pine can grow to 36 metres (120 feet) in height, but in most of the pinewood remnants in Scotland today the largest trees are about 20 metres (65 feet) tall, with exceptional trees recorded up to 27 metres (90 feet). Maximum girth at breast height is usually up to 2.4 metres (8 feet), although some trees up to 3.6 metres (12 feet) have been recorded
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I'll hazard a guess and say we don't have those up here as my defense. Scots are somewhat popular up here and do well.
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
I had a client give me a handful of italian stone pine seeds once, they grew for about 8 months and got killed by an early hard frost.
Monkeywithasaw
Treehouser
they could be a aleppo pine http://www.delange.org/PineAleppo/PineAleppo.htm
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
I was going to say stone Pine. Hard to tell exactly from the pictures, it could well be a manky scots Pine.
Burnham
Woods walker
Manky...had to Google that one 
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MasterBlaster
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That last tree is frigging awesome.
Treepreacher51
TreeHouser
Looks like an Italian Stone to me.
canadiantreeman
TreeHouser
Could it be an Austrian pine, Pinus nigra? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Black_Pine) We have quite a few up here, they do pretty darned well too. Really resistant to the pine beetles. I don't see too many mature sylvestris round these parts, I think its because the bark is so thin.
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
no not allepo,its lighter green color, different bark and form
stone pine willy stone pine
done my share of them theyre a common so cal tree
golf courses use em a lot
Old Monkey
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I was thinking Austrian pine too. Its so common I didn't want guess it though.
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
Might be Pinus nigra, the Corsican or Black pine, but its growth shape seems wrong. We have millions of those round here.
The needles are too short and the bunches not "filled out" enough for a P. nigra.
It is one of my "bread and butter" trees. They were planted around almost all the new houses buildt in the 60es. By now they are too big for amateurs to handle and the houses get sold, because the original owners got old.
So we remove a lot of them.
Nice easy trees to take down, both stems and branches hinge really well.
It is one of my "bread and butter" trees. They were planted around almost all the new houses buildt in the 60es. By now they are too big for amateurs to handle and the houses get sold, because the original owners got old.
So we remove a lot of them.
Nice easy trees to take down, both stems and branches hinge really well.
canadiantreeman
TreeHouser
Yeah, looking back at the op it doesn't look like nigra.
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
No, I meant it .
You can cut the branches from the top, and they'll end up hanging vertically down, before they are cut through.
P. sylvestris has very brittle branches, a little cut on the topside and off they fly.
You can cut the branches from the top, and they'll end up hanging vertically down, before they are cut through.
P. sylvestris has very brittle branches, a little cut on the topside and off they fly.
