Pinus sylvestris

Pinus sylvestris L. Engl.: Scotch pine, Scots pine, Norway pine, pine, Scotch fir. Deu.: Wald-Kiefer, Föhre, Gemeine Kiefer. Suom.: mänty, honka, metsämänty, petäjä. Sven.: tall, fur, fura, martall, skogstall, vanlig tall. Fran.: pin sylvestre. Pharm.: common turpentine, fir-wool oil, gemmae pini, oleum pini foliorum, pine shoots, terebinthina communis, turiones pini. Bot. syn.: Pinus frieseana Wich., Pinus lapponica (Fr. ex Hartm.) Mayr.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 12.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 12. Tortured swamp trees - the natural bonsais of the world. Torestorp, Sweden. Wild. 2005-06-03.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 10.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 10. Spring shoots. Lysekil, Sweden. Wild. 2005-06-01.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 11.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 11. Spring shoots. Lysekil, Sweden. Wild. 2005-06-01.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 13.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 13. "Kelohonka" - a dead trunk, still standing, long after the tree itself has died. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2005-03-20.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 14.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 14. Archipelago bonsai in winter. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2005-03-20.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 9.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 9. These archipelago trees can give bog trees a run for most decorative bonsai-type tree. This one is probably far over 100 years old, yet it's shorter than I am... oh well, I expect I'll be shorter than I am when I'm 100+ years, too. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2004-09-12.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 6.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 6. Branch in flower - I shook it to make that pollen fly. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2000-06-04.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 7.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 7. Branches in flower, with spring shoots. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2000-06-04.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 5.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 5. Spring shoots. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2000-05-20.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 4.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 4. A grand old pine in a Lapland forest. Hetta, Enontekiö, Finland. Wild. 1997-08-01.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris. Spring shoots. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1996-05-01.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 1.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 1. Tortured swamp tree. Natural bonsai, instant beauty! Just plant it in a bog and wait 400 years... Suomussalmi, Finland. Wild. 1992-07-01.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 2.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 2. Forest, very neat - the underbrush is kept clear by reindeer. Suomussalmi, Finland. Wild. 1992-07-01.