CRIMEAN PINE

Crimean Pine forms forests of pure or mixed type in mountainous areas of all coastal regions, and even penetrates towards to steppeland. Crimean Pine forests in the forest area covers an area of 2,527,685 ha. It can be distinguished from other pines by the thickness of its trunk and its branches, by gray barks with deep cracks and by dark green color of needle type leaves. It can grow up to 30-35 m of height. The 4 natural sub-species are; Anatolia Black Pine (P. nigra var. pallasiana), Pyramid Black Pine (P. nigra var. Pyramidata E,) and Black Pine with Large Cone (P. nigra var. yaltyriana E,).