European black pine is a large, hardy conifer native to southern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, grown as a landscape and forestry tree. It needs full sun and plenty of space, as it grows 20 to 55 m tall.
Family
Pinaceae (Pine family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then rely on rain; mature trees are drought tolerant.
Soil
Tolerates a wide range of soils, including poor, rocky and lime-rich ground, provided drainage is good.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; tolerates snow and ice. Protect young plants from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Medit., E. Austria to N. Caucasus
Climate
temperate
About
Pinus nigra, the European black pine, is a moderately variable species of conifer in the family Pinaceae, a pine native across Southern Europe from the Iberian Peninsula and Lower Austria to the eastern Mediterranean, on the Anatolian peninsula of Turkey, Corsica and Cyprus, as well as Crimea and in the high mountains of Northwest Africa. Several of the regional populations have their own names, including Austrian pine, Corsican pine, Crimean pine, and Pyreneean pine.
Where it grows
Pinus nigra is a tree of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.