Pinus nigra Black Pine
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Pinus [PY-nus]
ancient classical name for a pine tree
Species
nigra [NEE-gra]
black
Pinus nigra, the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of
pine, occurring across southern Mediterranean Europe from Spain to the eastern
Mediterranean on Anatolian peninsula of Turkey and on Corsica/Cyprus, including Crimea,
and in the high mountains of the Maghreb in North Africa.