SCOTS PINE 135 



P. sylvestris, L. Scots Pine, Scotch Fir (Fig. 60). 

 Young branches and stems foxy red or orange-brown, 



Fig. 60. Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris (D). 



shedding scales or flakes, becoming greyer and deeply 

 fissured as the bark forms. Leaves stiff, short and often 

 twisted ; frequently bluish or even with a silvery bloom. 

 Sheaths whitish. Young shoots covered with the bifoliate 

 short branches (dwarf-shoots) throughout the length. The 

 terminal and lateral buds are similar in construction, but 

 the latter are confined to a few of the uppermost leaf- 

 axils. 



The bud begins with two lateral scales, followed by 

 others in a close spiral. The outer scales are lanceolate 

 and hard, almost woody, and remain at the base of the 



