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Scots pine
Pinus sylvestris
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Full sun
Soil moisture
free-draining, average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 36°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -40°C
Waterlogging tolerance
2/5
Drought tolerance
4/5
Mature size
10–25 m tall, 8 m spread
Seasonal interest
Evergreen · Blue green
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 5/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Dislikes heavy waterlogged clay.
Toxicity: none
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Pinus sylvestris L.
- Family
- Pinaceae (Pinales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 5285637
Recorded native range: Flanders, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Recorded as introduced in: Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, Denmark, Dutch Wadden Sea Islands, Flemish Region, France, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Illinois, Ireland, Korea and 13 further regions
Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.
Pinus sylvestris is a species of tree in the pine family Pinaceae that is native to Eurasia. It is commonly known as the Scots pine in English; it is also known as the Scotch pine in the United States, and occasionally called the Baltic pine or European red pine. It can readily be identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-green leaves and orange-red bark.
Description from Wikipedia — Pinus sylvestris (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: native
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: climate-suitable
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.