We dismounted in a dense stand of pine just before the brow of a ridge.

An 1825 fire destroyed over three-quarters of the buildings in town, as well as the large stand of pine trees used to supply the sawmill and shingle mill.

The tornado mowed down a stand of pine trees and destroyed two frame houses, with major damage to the interior walls, and the exterior walls completely destroyed.

Gardens bursting with oleander, rosemary, sage, thyme, figs and pomegranates, guarded by stands of pine, are shoehorned into every space that the gnarled trunks of olive trees haven't colonised.

There are stands of pine and fig - and organ pipe cacti.