Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris · Pinaceae · 구주소나무
How to spot it
Characterized by peeling orange bark on the upper trunk and short, twisted blue-green needles in bundles of two.
Look
- Leaves
- Stiff needles grow in bundles of two.
- Flowers
- On the same tree, pollen cones cluster at the base of new shoots and seed cones grow at the tips of new shoots.
- Fruit
- Small oval brown cones with unarmed scales, sometimes several together.
- Bark
- Bark on the upper part of the tree is orange to reddish brown and peels in flakes.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Planted (typical variety)
- Native to
- Northern Europe and northern Asia.
- Ecology
- Tolerates poor, dry sites and provides food and habitat for birds and small mammals.