Scots pine

British  

noun

1. a coniferous tree, Pinus sylvestris, of Europe and W and N Asia, having blue-green needle-like leaves and brown cones with a small prickle on each scale: a valuable timber tree

2. the wood of this tree

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Example Sentences

The researchers looked at how long enveloped and nonenveloped viruses remained infectious on the surface of six types of wood: Scots pine, silver birch, gray alder, eucalyptus, pedunculate oak and Norway spruce.

From Science Daily

In many of the forests that remained, open stands of fire-adapted Scots pine had been replaced by crowded, more fire-prone plantations.

From Science Magazine

Managers also said work started on Tuesday to chop down trees on Goose Hill, including mature Corsican pine and Scots pine, to make way for an access road for the planned Sizewell C station.

From BBC

The pinewoods' tree species include Scots pine - Scotland's national tree - as well as birch and juniper.

From BBC

Separately, a team of Swedish researchers showed that logging in Scots pine forests shrank the fungal community by 95 percent.

From Washington Post