Furu: The Pine tree
Plant group: NS 4413 Nåletre (H7)
Pinus sylvestris is the only pine species that grows wild in Norway . The flowers are wind-pollinated and come in mid-June (two weeks after the spruce ). It takes 2 years from flowering until the seed is ripe. The seed is attached to a clip on the seedling. It is readily identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-green leaves and orange-red bark.
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| Illustration: "Köhlers Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und kurz erläuterndem Texte", Gera, 1883-1914 |
Pinus sylvestris is a species of pine that is native to Eurasia, ranging from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia, and north to well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia. In the north of its range, it occurs from sea level to 1,000 m, while in the south of its range it is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at 1,200–2,600 m altitude.
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| Pine forest in Buskerud, Norway |
The species is
mainly found on poorer, sandy soils, rocky outcrops, peat bogs or close to the
forest limit. On fertile sites, Scots pine is out-competed by other, usually
spruce or broad-leaved tree species.
Pinus sylvestris
is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 35 m in height and 1 m trunk
diameter when mature, exceptionally over 45 metres tall and 1.7 metres trunk
diameter on very productive sites, the tallest on record being a more than
210-year-old tree growing in Estonia which stands at 46.6 m.
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| Pine tree in snow, Bakuriani, Caucasus Mts., Georgia |
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