Old Black Pines

These pines have been growing for about 500 years

Collection: Nature trails · Cyprus · Open in OpenStreetMap

The story

The slopes of Olympus are covered with black pine forest. It’s a local subspecies, Pinus nigra subspecies pallasiana. The Department of Forests marks two of these pines by the trail, each about 500 years old. One of them grows right here, next to the board about the black pine. Rare plants grow around it, including endemics: Cyprus skullcap, Troodos sage and Cyprus germander.

On the trail

• Artemis — 7 km, 2.5–3 h

On the way

• Paphos → Troodos
• Limassol → Troodos

Sources

• Τμήμα Δασών — Μονοπάτια: «Άρτεμις» (κυκλικό, 7 km, 2,5–3 ώρες, βαθμός δυσκολίας 1, δύο μαύρες πεύκες ~500 ετών, «Τα Τεισιά της παλιάς Χώρας», 1571)
• Visit Cyprus (Deputy Ministry of Tourism) — Artemis (Circular), Troodos Forest Nature Trail
• OpenStreetMap — the “500 y.o. pine” tree and the “Pinus Nigra ssp. Pallasiana” board by the Artemis trail

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