Pine Trees - Pinos - Photos.

There are plenty of Pine trees everywhere in Madrid and Spain. They're pretty, relatively speaking, and they don't need very good, moist and/or healthy soil to grow well in, so they're perfect for much of Madrid. (These trees can survive some of the harsher more arid conditions in Madrid.) You can find them in parks, along the streets, and in town and city squares. They're easy enough to identify as a group, but you will probably get one particular type confused with another.

  

Pine Tree - Pino

The first two photos were taken at the Madrid zoo in the Casa de Campo. The second two photos are opposite views of the same tree in an average city park in Alcorcón, Spain. The first photo in the second row is of a different Pine tree in the same park. You can see that the second tree is a little twisted, but most pine trees in Madrid have more or less the same shape as the first, third and fourth trees. The trees in the first five pictures are pretty young and short, but you can find Pine trees that reach 25 or 30 metres elsewhere in the Casa de Campo like the Pine tree in the last two photos of the second row.

Pine Cone - Piña

When the Pine cones open up to reveal their white Pine Nuts (an expensive delicacy in Spain), they look a little rounder than when they're still closed.

Pine Needles

The Pine needles are long, thin and green.

Trunk of Pine Tree - Tronco de Pino

The first and third photos are of the same Pine tree. The bark on many Pine trees "peels" to reveal an orange layer underneath.

A trip to the botanical gardens of Alcorcón

Aleppo Pine - Pino Carrasco - Pinus Helepensis

More: Aleppo Pine on Wikipedia

"Stone Pine" or "Umbrella Pine" - Pino Piñonero - Pinus Pinea

As its name "umbrella" implies, as this tree grows older, all of its branches grow upwards in a parallel way to create a sort of "umbrella."
More: Stone Pine on Wikipedia

Maritime Pine - Pinus Pinaster - by Castles park in Alcorcón

Notice that the needles are longer and the trunk has a little more violet in it than the others.
More: Pinus Pinaster on Wikipedia.

Scots Pine - Pinus Sylvestris

The first set of 5 photos is taken in the Sierra de Guadarrama in the northwestern part of the Community of Madrid (above the Valley of the Fallen just on the other side of the crest). The first photo is of a stand of trees next to the tree in the second photo. Most of the trees in the area are Scots Pines. The next three photos are of the same tree. Notice the orange color of the trunk further up. The last two photos are of a Scots Pine in a park in Alcorcón.

Read more: Scots Pine on Wikipedia

Blue Pine - Pinus Wallichiana - in the Botanical Gardens of Madrid

Read more: Blue Pine on Wikipedia

Turkish Pine - Pinus Brutia - in the Botanical Gardens of Madrid

Read more: Turkish Pine on Wikipedia

European Black Pine - Pinus Nigra - in the Botanical Gardens of Madrid

Read more: European Black Pine on Wikipedia