SCOTS PINE – Pinus Sylvestris: [ 15 & 68 ]
This evergreen grows to a height of 40m. The bark is thick and brown and cracks as the tree grows. It has needle shaped leaves and older ones die and fall off all year. Fir cones start off hard and green and after a year become wooden and brown, in dry weather the scales open to release the seeds. In damp weather the cones close. Scots pine is one of the strongest soft woods available and is used to make telegraph poles, fence posts and can be tapped to obtain turpentine.
This evergreen grows to a height of 40m. The bark is thick and brown and cracks as the tree grows. It has needle shaped leaves and older ones die and fall off all year. Fir cones start off hard and green and after a year become wooden and brown, in dry weather the scales open to release the seeds. In damp weather the cones close. Scots pine is one of the strongest soft woods available and is used to make telegraph poles, fence posts and can be tapped to obtain turpentine.
