Pinaceae—Pine family
Growth habit, occurrence, and use. The genus Pinus comprises about 100 species and numerous varieties and hybrids. It is one of the largest of the conifer genera, and one of the most important and widely distributed genera of forest trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Globally, the genus spans latitud...
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| Summary: | Growth habit, occurrence, and use. The genus Pinus comprises about 100 species and numerous varieties and hybrids. It is one of the largest of the conifer genera, and one of the most important and widely distributed genera of forest trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Globally, the genus spans latitudes from Alaska to Nicaragua, Scandinavia to North Africa, and Siberia to Sumatra and inhabits a diversity of sites at altitudes ranging from sea level to timberline (Critchfield and Little 1966). Various pines exemplify the extremes of coastal and subalpine habitats in different regions of the world, including shore and whitebark pines in western North America; Italian stone and Swiss stone pines |
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