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Pinaceae
Australian pine
Pinus nigra
Also known as Beefwood, Ironwood, She-oak, Pinus laricio var. nigra
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Pine · Evergreen · Conifer · Windbreak · Drought Tolerant · Landscape · Ornamental · Outdoor · Large Tree · Temperate
Pinus nigra is a tough, adaptable pine that thrives in full sun with well-drained soils and tolerates urban pollution, wind, and poor soils exceptionally well. Once established, it is highly drought tolerant and requires very little supplemental watering or maintenance. It makes an excellent windbreak, screening tree, or specimen plant in large landscapes.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow soil to dry significantly between waterings · Every 14-21 days once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 300 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Maryland
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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