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Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris), also called Scots pine, is an introduced species in North America, brought here from Europe probably in colonial days. Although it is used for both pulpwood and sawlogs, its principal value in the United States appears to be as a Christmas tree, as an ornamental, and for erosion control...
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na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_1/pinus/sylvest...
na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_1/pinus/sylvestris.htm
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Scots pine has a long and rich history in mythology. In The Golden Bough, James Frazer relates various stories involving pine trees from classical mythology, which may or may not have been Scots pines, such as how the ancient Egyptians buried an image of the god Osiris in the hollowed-out centre of a pine tree.
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www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/mythfolk/pine.html
www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/mythfolk/pine.html
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Scots pine is the most widely distributed conifer in the world, with a natural range that stretches from beyond the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia to southern Spain and from western Scotland to the Okhotsk Sea in eastern Siberia.
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www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.scpine.html
www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.scpine.html
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Description of Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine). ... In Scotland, see the page on How to find the main pine forest remnants, which provides directions on how to reach the nine best examples of remnant Scots pine forest.
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www.conifers.org/pi/pin/sylvestris.htm
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Scotch or Scots pine is an introduced species which has been widely planted for the purpose of producing Christmas trees. It is an extremely hardy species which is adaptable to a wide variety of soils and sites.
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www.christmastree.org/trees/scotch.cfm
www.christmastree.org/trees/scotch.cfm
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Scots Pine form ... Cankers on Pine (Botryosphaeria spp. and other canker fungi) ... European Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer)
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www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/treeselector/index_tree.cfm?id=84
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Results from a literature review on pinewood ecology, silviculture, genetics, aspects of history and forest resources of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in western Norway are presented. The pinewoods cover 40 per cent of the forested land, 0.31 million ha.
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forestry.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/cpl019v1
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Developing the Scots Pine Resource. Stimulating the development and utilisation of Scots pine as a basis for supporting rural enterprises. ... Developing the Scots Pine Resource is an EU funded Northern Periphery Project aiming to encourage greater use of Scots pine in higher value markets, as a basis for supporting...
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www.pineinfo.eu/
www.pineinfo.eu/
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Tim Knowles - Art - Scots Pine tree drawing ... ; Buttermere Shore, Cumbria, UK; 29/02/2006; Ink on Paper and C-type print; 790 x 980mm + 790 x 590mm ... Great Mis Tor...
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www.timknowles.co.uk/Work/TreeDrawings/ScotsPine/tabid/...
www.timknowles.co.uk/Work/TreeDrawings/ScotsPine/tabid/284/Default.aspx
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