Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood. — Inner bark - dried and ground into a powder and used in making bread.; It is often mixed with oatmeal.; A famine food, it is only used when all else fails.; A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.

Habitat & North American Range

Forming woods in the mountains of Scotland. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)