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Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra
Distinguishing Features: Needles in bundles of 2 and very sharp
- Type: Evergreen
- Form at maturity: Generally 50 to 70, 20 to 40 feet wide, pyramidal and dense when young (upto 30 feet tall), with age becomes flat-topped, with spreading branches and umbrella shape
- Leaf: Dark army green colored, 4 to 6 inches long needles in twos, candles (buds) 0.5 to 1 inch long, light brown, resinous
- Flower: Male flowers yellowish, in clusters, Female flowers are yellow-green
- Bark: Thick, irregular, gray-brown to silvery plates, deep furrows dark brown
- Fruit or Seed: 2 to 3 inches long, approximately 2 inches wide shiny yellow-brown cones
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Pinus nigra leaf
Pinus nigra fruit
