This large coniferous tree has whitish brown trunk and forms an open conical habit with a domed crown. The ridged needle-like leaves are dark green and during spring golden yellow male flowers appear and the small female cone is yellow-brown.

Hardiness zones 4 to 9 

Pinus nigra is naturally found from Austria to central Italy and the Balkans. It tolerates alkaline to clay soils that are moist and well drained in a open sunny position and is drought tender but is frost and pollution tolerant. 

Austrian Black Pine is a hardy tree that normally grows smaller under cultivation and is planted as a windbreak in woodland settings or grown as a lawn specimen in parks and large gardens. It establishes in 3 to 5 years and is long lived. It tolerates a open positions inland or on the coast and is is commonly used as a shelterbelt. ID 1618

Note:
The branches are whorled up the trunk forming a dense crown.

Pinus (PY-nus) nigra (NIG-ra)

Pinaceae (py-NAY-see-ee)
Larches, spruces, pines, firs, hemlocks and cedars