Scots Pine produces cones, so it is a conifer or cone-bearer, one of only three natives conifers found in Ireland, the other two being Juniper and Yew.

A church is planning to fell a 55ft Scots pine tree because its cones have been deemed a threat to its parishioners. Sermons at St Peter's Parish Church in Hove, East Sussex, ...

I have a Scots pine that is about 20ft high and ten years old but has no cones. Is there something I need to do to get it to produce them? Mrs J.Witts, High Peak, Derbyshire Your tree is still a ...

ALTHOUGH a mature, healthy Scots pine tree contributed significantly to the attractive setting of a Sussex church, and its loss would be detrimental to the appearance of the churchyard, the risk of ...

Originally sprawling over 1,500,000 hectares, these native pinewoods now cover about 17,000 hectares but Scots Pine remains a "keystone" species and forms the backbone of the ecosystem in those areas.

On the tree, cones are cylindrical and pointed at the ends, approximately three inches long and do not have spines at the end of the scales. Cones become more egg shaped as the scales begin to open up ...

St Peter’s Church in West Blatchington, Hove, will cut down a Scots pine tree on its grounds after two worshippers fell foul of falling pine cones.

Making a single tree the star of a wildlife special wouldn’t seem like the path to electrifying programming, but “Wildheart”—titled after the 500-year-old Scots pine at the center of this ...

The Scots Pine grows widely throughout Europe and Asia. Its distribution range extends eastwards from western Europe to the eastern extremity of Russia, northwards to Scandinavia and southwards to ...