P INUS Ornamental, pine trees are grown for their evergreen foliage and symmetrical or picturesque habit.
Many species are valuable timber trees.
Resinous, evergreen with usually whorled branches. Usually tall trees with spreading branches. Pines are not very particular as to the soil. In their native habitats they usually occupy the less fertile situations, as dry uplands and sandy plains. Some can be grown in both dry and in swampy ground.