Family: Pinaceae
Pinus nigra
Citation:
A.F. Arnold, Reise nach Mariazell in Steyermark 8 (1785) var. maritima (Aiton)Melville, Kew Bull. 1958:534 (1959).
Synonymy: P. sylvestris L. var. maritima Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3:366 (1789).
Common name: Corsican pine.
Description:
Tree to 40 m or more high; bark rough, greyish-brown to dark-brown; buds 12-25 mm long, resinous, the scales fringed, appressed; leaves in pairs, 10-15 cm long, 2-2.5 mm diam., dark-green; female cones solitary or in clusters, subsessile, yellowish-brown, ovoid-conic, 6-8.5 cm long.
Published illustration:
Hora (1981) The Oxford encyclopedia of trees, p. 67.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE. Vic. Native to the Mediterranean region.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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