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Like most members of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, the leaves ("needles") are coniferous, occurring in fascicles (bundles) of five, or rarely three or four, with a deciduous sheath. The leaves are flexible, bluish-green, finely serrated , and 5–13 cm (2–5 in) long.
Pinus, the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus Pinus (hard pines), and subgenus Strobus (soft pines). Each of the subgenera have been further divided into sections based on chloroplast DNA sequencing [1] and whole plastid genomic analysis. [2]
Western white pine is a large tree, regularly growing to 30–50 metres (98–164 ft) tall. It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five, [5] with a deciduous sheath.
Pinus albicaulis × P. flexilis – Whitebark pine × limber pine; Pinus sibirica × P. cembra – Siberian pine × Swiss stone pine; Pinus sibirica × P. koraiensis – Siberian pine × Korean pine; Pinus armandii × P. koraiensis [5] – Armand pine × Korean pine; Pinus strobus × P. ayacahuite [12] – Eastern white pine × Mexican white pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus (/ ˈ p aɪ n ə s /) [2] of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.. World Flora Online accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as current, with additional synonyms, [3] and Plants of the World Online 126 species-rank taxa (113 species and 13 nothospecies), [4] making it ...
Pinus remota – Texas pinyon or papershell pinyon; Pinus edulis – two-needle piñon or Colorado pinyon; Pinus monophylla – single-leaf pinyon; Pinus quadrifolia – Parry pinyon (includes P. juarezensis). These additional Mexican species are also related, and mostly called pinyons: Pinus rzedowskii – Rzedowski's pine; Pinus pinceana ...
Pinus maximartinezii, called Martinez pinyon, big-cone pinyon [1] or maxipiñon, [2] is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to west-central Mexico. Description [ edit ]
Pinus strobiformis, also known as Chihuahua white pine, is a medium-sized white pine tree endemic to western Mexico in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range. It is typically a high-elevation pine growing mixed with other conifers in montane forest .