Pinus pseudostrobus
Pinus pseudostrobus, known in English as the smooth-bark Mexican pine and in Spanish as chamite or pacingo, is a tree endemic to Mexico.
Pinus pseudostrobus | |
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var. apulcensis in cultivation | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Pinus |
Subgenus: | P. subg. Pinus |
Section: | P. sect. Trifoliae |
Subsection: | P. subsect. Ponderosae |
Species: | P. pseudostrobus |
Binomial name | |
Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl. | |
Natural range of Pinus pseudostrobus |
It is 8 to 25 m tall, dense and round top, the bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young. It grows between 1300–3250 m. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa, Mexico to El Salvador and Honduras. It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. A stand of about 15 fully mature Mexican pines is in Imperial County, California, at the Palo Verde County Park, in a narrow strip of land between Hwy 78 and the Colorado River.
It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well.
References
- Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus pseudostrobus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T42404A2977667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42404A2977667.en. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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