What is Scots pine?
{{Taxobox | status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN2006|assessors=Conifer Specialist Group|year=1998|id=42418|title=Pinus sylvestris|downloaded=12 May 2006}}</ref> | image = Pinus sylvestris Glenmuick.jpg | image_caption = Native Scots Pine at Glenmuick, Scotland. | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Pinophyta]] | classis = [[Pinophyta|Pinopsida]] | ordo = [[Pinales]] | familia = [[Pinaceae]] | genus = ''[[Pine|Pinus]]'' | subgenus = ''[[Pinus]]'' | binomial = ''Pinus sylvestris'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | range_map = Pinus sylvestris range-01.png | range_map_caption = Distribution }} '''Scots pine''' (''Pinus sylvestris'') is a [[species]] of [[pine]] [[native plant|native]] to Europe and Asia. It ranges from [[Scotland]], [[Ireland]] and [[Portugal]] in the west, east to eastern [[Siberia]], south to the [[Caucasus Mountains]], and as far north as well inside the [[Arctic Circle]] in [[Scandinavia]]. In the north of its range, it occurs from sea level to 1,000 m, while in the south of its range it is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at 1,200–2,600 m altitude. It has fairly short, blue-green leaves and orange-red bark.<ref name=farjon>Farjon A. 2005. ''Pines drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus'' 2nd ed, Brill. {{ISBN|90-04-13916-8}}</ref><ref name=gymno>Gymnosperm database: [http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_sylvestris.php ''Pinus sylvestris'']</ref><ref name=tfl>Trees for life: [http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.scpine.html Species profile: Scots pine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226131845/http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.scpine.html |date=2014-02-26 }}</ref><ref name=mirov>Mirov N.T. 1967. ''The genus Pinus''. Ronald Press.</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[File:Illustration Pinus sylvestris0 new.jpg|thumb|left|Needles, cones, and seeds of ''Pinus sylvestris'']] [[File:Pinus sylvestris MHNT.BOT.2005.0.971.jpg|thumb|left|Mature cones open and seeds.]] [[Category:Conifers]]