pinus nigra and tilia cordata

Information about pinus nigra and tilia cordata

pinus nigra

The species is divided into two subspecies, each further subdivided into three varieties:

  • Pinus nigra subsp. nigra in the east of the range, from Austria, northeast and central Italy, east to the Crimea and Turkey
    • Pinus nigra subsp. nigra var. nigra Austrian Pine
    • Pinus nigra subsp. nigra var. caramanica Turkish Black Pine
    • Pinus nigra subsp. nigra var. pallasiana Crimean Pine
  • Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii in the west of the range, from south Italy to south France, Spain and north Africa
    • Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. salzmannii Cevennes Black Pine
    • Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana (syn. subsp. laricio) Corsican Pine, Calabrian Pine
    • Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. mauretanica Atlas Mts Black Pine

The European Black Pine Pinus nigra (generally called Black Pine in Europe), is a variable species of pine, occurring across southern Europe from Spain to the Crimea, and also in Asia Minor, Cyprus, and locally in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa. It is found at elevations ranging from sea level to 2,000 m, most commonly from 250–1,600 m.
European Black Pine cone

Tilia cordata

Tilia cordata
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Tilia cordata leaves and flowers
Tilia cordata leaves and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Tilia
Species: T. cordata
Binomial name
Tilia cordata
Mill.

Tilia cordata (Small-leaved Lime, occasionally Small-leaved Linden) is a species of Tilia native to much of Europe and western Asia, north to southern Great Britain (north to about Durham), central Scandinavia, east to central Russia, and south to central Spain, Italy, Bulgaria and the Caucasus; in the south of its range it is restricted to high altitudes.

It is a deciduous tree growing to 20-38 m tall, with a trunk up to 1-2 m diameter. The leaves are alternately arranged, rounded to triangular-ovate, 3-8 cm long and broad, mostly hairless (unlike the related Tilia platyphyllos) except for small tufts of brown hair in the leaf vein axils - the leaves are distinctively heart-shaped. The small yellow-green hermaphrodite flowers are produced in clusters of five to eleven in early summer with a leafy yellow-green subtending bract, have a rich, heavy scent; the trees are much visited by bees. The fruit is a dry nut-like drupe 6–7 mm long and 4 mm broad, downy at first becoming smooth at maturity, and (unlike T. platyphyllos) not ribbed.

It readily hybridises with Tilia platyphyllos; the hybrid is named Tilia × europaea