Austrian Pine is a medium to large evergreen conifer that is native from central and southeastern Europe to western Asia. It grows 40 to 60 feet tall. It is tolerant of urban, seaside and other difficult conditions. Trees exhibit a dense pyramidal habit in youth. Crown rounds with age forming a spreading flat top or dome. From an ornamental standpoint, older trees can be quite attractive, featuring dense spreading branching, stiff shiny dark green needles 3 to 6 inches long in bundles of two. The deeply furrowed bark is scaled in a mosaic of white, gray and dark brown. Oval, stalkless cones to 3 inches long mature to a shiny brown. Also commonly called European Black Pine (nigra means black).
