Pinus nigra (subsp. nigra) + Pinus sylvestris (4744' N 1545' E)

Description:

2010.04.09 Lower Austria, district Neunkirchen, Rax northern flank/Wachthttlkamm (~1080 m AMSL).In this habitat black and Scots pine grow next to each other (which one doesn't see too often in natural habitats, usually only one or the other is present).Here you can compare excellently habitus of both species: P. sylvestris forming more or less a cone while P. nigra does not form a shape with a sharp "peak" but rather has a "flat roof", so to speak; also typically P. nigra twigs form "storey-like" layers of branches which often are almost in right angles to the stem - and which you usually don't see with P. sylvestris.