Pinus canariensis, the Canary Island pine, is a species of gymnosperm in the conifer family Pinaceae. It is a large, evergreen tree, native and endemic to the outer Canary Islands of the Atlantic Ocean.
Pinus canariensis
In natural habitat on Canary Islands
Trunk
Epicormic shoots
The Canary Islands, also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres west of Morocco and the Western Sahara. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and are the most populous special territory of the European Union.
Barranco de Pecenescal – Fuerteventura
View of Fataga, Gran Canaria
The Chinijo Archipelago, seen from Lanzarote
San Cristóbal de La Laguna in 1880 (Tenerife)