Photo: Pinus sylvestris 01.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 1.

Tortured swamp tree. Natural bonsai, instant beauty! Just plant it in a bog and wait 400 years... Suomussalmi, Finland. Wild. 1992-07-01.


Pinus sylvestris L.
Engl.: Scotch pine, Scots pine, Norway pine, pine, Scotch fir.
Deu.: Wald-Kiefer, Föhre, Gemeine Kiefer.
Suom.: mänty, honka, metsämänty, petäjä.
Sven.: tall, fur, fura, martall, skogstall, vanlig tall.
Fran.: pin sylvestre.
Pharm.: common turpentine, fir-wool oil, gemmae pini, oleum pini foliorum, pine shoots, terebinthina communis, turiones pini.
Bot. syn.: Pinus frieseana Wich., Pinus lapponica (Fr. ex Hartm.) Mayr