zoe martín

Pinus Halepensis

Zoe Martín Barri Besós 3ºA

Spanish: Pino carrasco,pino blanquillo, pino de Alepo.

Catalan: Pi bord, pi blanc,pi garriguenc. English: Aleppo pine. French: Pin d'Alep. Italian: Pino d'Aleppo.

Her name’s

Aleppo Pine

The Aleppo Pine is a pine native to the Mediterranean region.

It is generally found at low altitudes, it can grow at an altitude of up to 1000 m.

Family

The family Pinaceae is in the order Pinales and includes many of the well-known conifers of importance such as cedars,firs,hemlocks, larches,pines and spruces.

Trunk & Bark

It is a small to medium size tree, exceptionally up to 10 m tall. The bark is orange-red, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, and thin and flaky in the upper crown.

Leaves

The leaves, called needles ,are very slender, distinctly green and produced in pairs.

Fruits

The cones are narrow conic and broad at the base when closed, green at first, ripening glossy red-brown when 24 months old.

Flowers

His epoch of flowering is in March, April and May.

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