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| | Pinus nigra |
 | | however, Bosnian Pine (Pinus heldreichii leucodermis), which is slower-growing but strikingly similar in its bold, dark-green foliaged, broadly pyramidal appearance and salt spray tolerance as compared to Austrian Pine, may become its substitute in the future, IF Bosnian Pine does not develop Diplodia Tip Blight in landscape plantings |
 | | Austrian Pine is a bold-textured and urban-tolerant (including Winter salt spray) Pine, having a broad-pyramidal growth habit with ascending branches and showy Spring candles, and often developing a flat-topped crown and ornamental bark with extreme age. |
 | | Pinus nigra is a bold-textured, long-needled, and dark green Pine tree that is ideal for Midwestern soils and climates, but is plagued by a combination of being overplanted and being very susceptible to the fungal infection known as Diplodia Tip Blight. |
| www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hcs/TMI/Plantlist/pi_nigra.html (684 words) |
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