Pinus nigra
Austrian pine · also Black pine, European black pine, Corsican pine
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Pinus nigra, commonly known as Austrian pine, is a medium-sized evergreen conifer with a pyramidal growth habit in youth that becomes rounded with age. It is highly adaptable to various soil conditions, resistant to oak root fungus, and well-suited for urban environments, making it useful as a screen or windbreak and a host plant for the Imperial Moth.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 11,3351.6%—13 in
- 9,2863.4%—13 in
- 8,0262.6%—15 in
- 4,4511.4%—12 in
- 3,8991.7%—13 in
- 3,7491.1%—10 in
- 3,4950.31%—4.5 in
- 1,9991.3%16 yr7.1 in
- 1,6112.2%—14 in
- 1,2670.45%32 yr16 in
- 7132.0%—16 in
- 6621.4%—13 in
- 6120.33%—17 in
- 5590.13%42 yr13 in
- 4500.09%13 yr7.9 in
- 2810.38%—15 in
- 2380.04%—3.5 in
- 2280.19%—14 in
- 1790.21%—2.0 in
- 1660.02%—12 in
- 1600.68%—9.1 in
- 1410.29%12 yr—
- 1200.27%13 yr3.9 in
- 890.56%—16 in
- 650.15%—10 in
- 500.42%—14 in
- 150.01%—2.4 in
- 100.01%—2.0 in
- 100.09%—12 in
- 30.00%—7.5 in
- 10.00%—3.8 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 40–60 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–35 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 12 in, mean 12 in, 90th percentile 21 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
- Cyprus Mediterranean forests
- Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Balkan mixed forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
Other Pinus in the catalogue
51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
