Looking up into a Scots Pine tree, with pinecone, with blue sky between the brances
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A Scots Pine pollen cone. Pollen sheds in late spring and then the cone withers and falls away. The Scots pine is the most widely distributed of the world’s pines. It is found from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean Sea, and from Western Europe to Asia. It is an evergreen tree, which means that it has leaves (needles) throughout the year. The Scots pine was one of the first non-native trees introduced to North America. Scots pine trees are used for timber and for erosion control in landscaping.
This image depicts several layered colours of foliage in a dark, dense forest, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, during Winter. At this time of year, the light is limited to only a few hours each day and at best it is low. This gives a still, eerie feel to remote places such as this old forest of Scots Pine trees.
Naked seed plants (Gymnospermae): 1-3) Queen sago (Cycas circinalis); 4-5) European yew (Taxus baccata); 6) Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia); 7-8) Common juniper (Juniperus communis); 9) Savin (Juniperus sabina); 10) Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis); 11) Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris); 12-14) European silver fir (Abies alba, or Pinus picea); 15-17) European spruce, or Norway spruce (Picea abies, or Pinus abies); 18-19) European larch (Larix decidua, or Pinus larix). Hand-colored wood engraving, published in 1887.