Pine black seeds

Black Pine, or Austrian Black Pine / Pinus nigra

This is a coniferous tree; species of the genus Pine (Pinus) of the Pine family (Pinaceae).

It grows in the mountains, mainly on calcareous soils, less often on the products of the destruction of igneous rocks. It rises in the mountains to a height of 1400-1500 meters. Grows best in open, sunny positions, but can tolerate side shade. The plant is wind and drought tolerant.

A tree 20-55 meters high, with a pyramidal crown in young trees and an umbrella-shaped crown in old trees. The branches at the end are more or less ascending. Annual shoots are gray-brown. The bark is black-gray, deeply furrowed. The age of the trees reaches 600-800 years. Needles 8-14 centimeters long, 1.6-1.8 millimeters wide, dark green, slightly shiny or matte, two pieces in a bundle, hard, pointed, straight or slightly bent, often twisted.

Cones are ovoid or somewhat elongated, 5-7.5 centimeters long, 2-3.5 centimeters wide, yellow-brown, brilliant gray-brown, on short petioles, located horizontally on the branches, open in the third year. Seeds oblong-ovoid, 4-6 mm long, gray, finely spotted.