Photo: Pinus sylvestris 09.

Photo: Pinus sylvestris 9.

These archipelago trees can give bog trees a run for most decorative bonsai-type tree. This one is probably far over 100 years old, yet it's shorter than I am... oh well, I expect I'll be shorter than I am when I'm 100+ years, too. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2004-09-12.


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