Pinus pinaster.
Look the typical buds.
Clement

Yes! That's what I was thinking. Thank you very much, my friend.
Note the witch's broom towards the base, just to the left of the trunk? ;-)

-Sam

That's the first thing i noticed about the second pic
how bout some pics
nice find,,,sam
ron

Nice eye, Ron.

Here's a shot of the broom itself.

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-Sam

Ditto to Maritime Pine Pinus pinaster. The cones are rather small for the species, they can be up to 19 cm long.

Resin

When I was in Virginia, there was a handsome, planted 20' pine along the driveway in quite a bit of shade that I could never ID (no cones on it) -- not an Amer southern pine, a Scots or Austrian pine. The thick, 2-needle bundles on this one look the same, so could P. pinaster grow in southwest VA & take the winters?

Edit: A found an old pic that barely shows the mentioned pine -- on the right edge of the driveway just behind the little catalpa. No real help tho:

This post was edited by beng on Thu, Jan 22, 15 at 12:50

Somebody have grafted with succes the broom ?