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HEIGHT:30 - 60 feet
SPREAD:30 - 40 feet
DISTINCTIONS:Habit becomes picturesque and irregular with age; orange, flaky bark on upper parts of tree becoming thick and brownish red toward the base; needles variable in color from bluish green to yellow green, in clusters of 2, 1.5"-3" long; cones on short stalks.
LIMITATIONS:Not good for shelter belts because lower limbs are naturally dropped over time; northern seed source essential for hardiness; a poor choice for Juneau.
HARDINESS:INT, SC, (Zone 2)
ORIGIN:Wide ranging from Norway and Scotland to Turkey, western Asia and northeast Siberia.
CULTIVARS:‘Fastigiata’ A narrow spire with erect branches; grows to 25' tall; needs snow load protection. Finnish Trees grown from seed of Finnish origin and sold in Anchorage in the 1980s; touted as being hardier than other Scotch pine. See entry under Evergreen Shrubs.
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