identify European black pine Pinus nigra

Also called ◼︎ black pine and 🇦🇹 Austrian pine.

Part of 🌲︎ pine genus Pinus in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.

Native to the Mediterranean.

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Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > Michigan

In this area (particularly 🇨🇦 Canada AB BC SK, and 🇺🇸 USA AZ CA CO ID MO MT NV NM OR SD UT WA WI WY):

do not move pine logs, stumps, branches, firewood nor untreated lumber
due to possible infestation by the insect mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae, which carries various species of 🍄︎ fungus / mushroom kingdom Fungi.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database) On No-Planting List by Seneca Nation of Indians SNI. (pages 59 and 63)

This plant is known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.

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