The swiss pine, also called stone pine or arve, is a pine species whose natural habitat is the European Central Alps. In Germany, their occurrence is limited to the Bavarian and Berchtesgaden Alps. The swiss pine grows from an altitude of about 1300 meters and can be found up to the natural tree line of over 2500 meters altitude. It is native to us since the last ice age and can be over 1000 years old. In the Alps there are scattered stone pines, which are over 1200 years old.