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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 ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, [3] bull pine, blackjack pine, [4] western yellow-pine, [5] or filipinus pine, [6] is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the most widely distributed pine species in North America.
Throughout the Appalachian Mountain range, P. pungens is a component of conifer-dominated communities along combination with other pine species. [10] The three tallest known Pinus pungens are in Paris Mountain State Park , South Carolina; they are 26.85 to 29.96 metres (88 ft 1 in to 98 ft 4 in) tall.
One of its main goals is the restoration of longleaf pine forest, to which end he has had 8 million longleaf pine seedlings planted on the land. [25] A 2009 study by the National Wildlife Federation says that longleaf pine forests will be particularly well adapted to environmental changes caused by climate disruption. [26]
The Wollemi Pine Transcript of interview on The Science Show (April 2007) with Tim Entwisle, then director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. Images and information about the Wollemi Pine in Westonbirt Arboretum; Wollemi Pine available for first time in North America from National Geographic.
A forest of two-needle piñons in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Genetic differentiation in the pinyon pine has been observed associated to insect herbivory and environmental stress. [5] [6] There are eight species of true pinyon (Pinus subsection Cembroides): [7] Pinus cembroides – Mexican pinyon; Pinus orizabensis – Orizaba pinyon
The Palm and the Pine, a geographic marker made up of a palm tree to the south and what is actually a cedar tree to the north, are planted among the oleanders in the center median of Highway 99 ...
Pinus monophylla, the single-leaf pinyon, (alternatively spelled piñon) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to North America.The range is in southernmost Idaho, western Utah, Arizona, southwest New Mexico, Nevada, eastern and southern California and northern Baja California.