Maritime Pine(english)
Pino Maritimo(spanish)
This pine is native to the western mediterranean part of europa and north africa.Flowering happens in spring and after pollination it takes two years to ripe the cone,then over years when the cone hardens seeds are dispersed by wind,forest fires makes the hardening of the cones go faster.Maritime Pine likes growing on well drained sandy soil,like dunes close to beaches.It can grow to an age of 300 years.Maritime Pine is used for plantations(timber and paperpulp) as well as ornamental in parks.Also the resin has uses in the chemical,cosmetic and medicinal industry.From Galicia
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