black pine "Moran"

Pinus nigra "Moran"

Description

Large, fast growing, upright evergreen tree, conifer (H 20-30 m, W 5-8 m). Bark grey-black to orange-brown, roughly flaky and fissured, ornamental. Crown at first conical to egg-shaped, later broad, irregular, flattened. Branches open to horizontal. Young shoots upright, green to light orange-brown. Buds conicaly egg-shaped, dark brown-red, resinous. Needles (6-18 cm) firm, straight to slightly bent, stiff, prominent, pointed, in pairs, very dark green. Flowers separately arranged in male and female inflorescence on the same plant. Flowering period: April. Fruits cones (4-12 cm), elongate egg-shaped, light grey-brown to grey-yellow. Requires dry, sufficiently drained soils. Three different taxons: P. nigra var. nigra, P. nigra var. caramanica, P. nigra var. pallasiana.

Sunny shady position

Plants for destinctively sunny sites need and tolerate a lot of direct sun radiation (eg. roses, even more spurge (euphorbia myrsinites) , sea buckthorn, sedum, most of rock-garden plants, cactuses etc). Mostly, but not necessarily, these plants can also tolerate drought. Roses need more water and noursihments and rich, deep, fetile soil, while white stonecrop survives more weeks in dry soil without rain or watering and can grow normally in poor, sandy soil as well.

Conifer deciduous tree with plant

Conifers have woody stems (i. e. tree trunk and branches) and are also called woody plants or trees. Their leaves are transformed into needles or scales, usually being hard and leathery.

Presumed strength

Plant can in otherwise appropriate environment survive cold down to - 23 °C.

Soil humidity

Porous or dry soils are normally light and loose, there is no stagnant water but relatively quickly flows in deeper layers; such ground are more airy and warmer, yet drier and usually contain less humus and for such undergrowth it is often to for drought to appear (e. g. rockgardens, walls, by paths and roads, on gravel, also on gravel surface in towns and close to buildings ...), plants of such undergrowth need well-drained soil, they tolerate drought but cannot tolerate constant moisture or even flooding.

Growth shape

Woody plant, normally with a remarkable tree trunk and a tree top. May have several stems - multistemmed tree. The tree top may be of different shapes, dense or thin, symetric or uneven. Most trees reach a height of more than 3 metres.

Durability R

Among described plants in this category we marked those, which are particulary resistant (to various environmental conditions), do not require much maintanance and thereby suitable fot planting in public areas.

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