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Black Pine (pitch pine), an Austrian subspecies (austriaca) of Pinus 
nigra, whose scattered distribution area stretches from Anatolia and 
Cyprus via the Balkan Peninsula, southern Italy and Corsica to the 
Pyrenees. Apart from a minor occurrence in the Karawanken Mountain 
Range the main distribution area of the black pine in Austria 
comprises the dry limestone and dolomite sites of the eastern and 
southeastern edge of the Alps, in particular along the thermal line 
and in the  Vienna Basin. The black pine stands cover an area of more 
than 30,000 ha, large parts of which were created artificially 
for the purpose of resin extraction. The black pines planted in the  
Steinfeld Plain in the 18%%sup th/%  century remain a dominant feature 
of the landscape.


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