the Botanical name - Pinus cembra.
The English name - Scotch fir, pine
Evergreen odnodomnoe a tree of family pine (Pinaceae), height to 45 m. the Trunk in diameter to 1 m, is covered by a krasnovato-brown, furrowed, exfoliating bark. A trunk at the trees growing in close forest stands, harmonous, with highly lifted openwork crone. One of the most widespread coniferous breeds of northern hemisphere. Grows on sandy and sandy soils. Grows in the Central Europe, especially in the Alpes, Southern France, Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria, at heights approximately to 6000 foots and in Carpathians Mountains at heights approximately to 9000 foots. Meets also in Northern Russia and Siberia. The pine Siberian or a cedar Siberian - a tree, for 100-200 years of 20-40 m reaching height, with kolonovidnoi the dense crone with the years becoming multitopmost is known also. An area - the Western and the Central Siberia. Grows in a wood zone together with a fur-tree and a fir or forms pure plantings - kedrachi. In the north it is extended to forest-tundra, in mountains forms wood border. A park plant.
Svejesrublennaya wood slightly krasnovata, but quickly gets usual colour for a pine under the influence of air and the sun.
Universal wood, for any internal and external purposes, just for decoration, the high-quality architectural purposes and unique, manual work, projects. The basic line of wood of a pine - numerous firm knots. It does wood of a pine especially approaching for the decorative architectural purposes. Despite knots it is easily processed. Dries very quickly without risk of deformation or checking. Despite the high maintenance of pitch, varnishes and paints lay down well. Volume weight in an air-dry condition: about 450 kg/cubic metres