Balkan Pine - Pinus peuce
Pine Family: Pinaceae
The Balkan pine is a slow-growing tree native to Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia. It grows in a relatively compact pyramidal form, and its outstanding long needle and huge cones add winter interest, making for a good screen, ornamental, or specimen planting in all types of landscapes. Sometimes used in Bonsai.
 

Balkan Pine
Lookit those needles, and cones? We got cones.
Leaf: 3 to 4" straight, stiff, dark green needles in bundles of 5; dark green on top and grayish green on underside. 3 to 6" cylindrical cones; single or cluster of 3 to 4.

Balkan Pine
Balkan Pine is often described as "dense." These Morton Arboretum specimens do not appear to fit that description.


Camera location 41.81787° N, -88.076819° E Google Maps - Live Maps - TopoZone - TerraServer-USA

Common names: Balkan pine, Macedonian pine, pin de Macédoine (French), pin des Balkans, rumelische Kiefer [German], rumelische Strobe [German].

Balkan Pine

 

Balkan Pine
Balkan Pine Bark

 

              
 
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