Scientific name: Pinus nigra

Common name: Austrian pine

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 3

Mature height and spread: 22-30m tall, 7-10m wide

Form: pyramidal, horizontal

Water use: low

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: needle-like, fascicles.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cone, not showy. Persistent female cone

Limitations: dieback, wilt, needs full sun. Dark in landscape

Suitable uses: group plantings, wind break. Tolerant of some drought. Predictable.

Quick ID: conifer. Tree. Long needls (14cm long), two needles per bundle (fascicles). Needles are flexible and longer than other 2 needled pine (palm length). Needs are in clusters. Needs born off very wide branches.

https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca/plant/plantImages/122?image=h

https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca/plant/plantImages/122?image=h