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Pine, Austrian Black
Pinus nigra |
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Austrian Black Pine is native to Europe and western Asia. Its branches
grow in regular whorls; in old age, these trees are broad and flat-topped.
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Height: 45’
Crown Spread: 20’
Growth Rate: moderate
Foliage: dark green, stiff needles, five to six inches
long in bundles of two
Fruit: cones oval, two to three inches long
Soil: well drained, successful in a wide range of
ph, acid to alkaline
Water: medium
Sun: full
Problems: tip blight (a fungus), needle blight, pine
wood nematode (which can kill a tree in a single season), winter browning
Comments: very hardy
Street Tree: limited to spaces appropriate to large
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