Pinus sylvestris

Scots pine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Section: P. sect. Pinus
Subsection: P. subsect. Pinus
Species:
P. sylvestris
Binomial name
Pinus sylvestris
  Native range ✖ Isolated population

  Introduced and naturalized (synanthropic) area ▲ Isolated population

A natural stand of Pinus sylvestris (Scot's pine) in Šranecké piesky, Slovakia

Pinus sylvestris is a species of tree in the pine family Pinaceae that is native to Eurasia. It is commonly known as the Scots pine in English; it is also known as the Scotch pine in the United States, and occasionally called the Baltic pine or European red pine. It can readily be identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-green leaves and orange-red bark.

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