10,500.
Remarks.
Rigida refers to rigid leaves. The name "Pitch Pine" is sometimes applied to all of the Southern pines. The name is yet more widely applied in foreign markets. Sometimes called Fat Pine. [p145]
Northern Pine, Scotch Pine, Dantzic Pine. Pinus sylvestris Linn.
Nomenclature.
- Dantzic Fir (from place of shipment).
- Rigi Fir (from place of shipment).
- Memel Fir (from place of shipment).
- Stettin Fir (from place of shipment).
- Swedish Fir.
- Scots or Scottish Fir.
- Northern Fir.
- Redwood, Yellowwood.
- Deal (Local).
Locality.
Widespread in Europe, as Scotland, Germany, and Russia; also Asia. Naturalized in United States.
Features of Tree.
Fifty to one hundred feet in height, two to five feet in diameter; sometimes larger.