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Pinus pseudostrobus

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Pinales

Genus
  
Pinus

Higher classification
  
Pine

Division
  
Pinophyta

Family
  
Pinaceae

Scientific name
  
Pinus pseudostrobus

Rank
  
Species

Pinus pseudostrobus Pinus pseudostrobus var apulcensis Conifers Cones and Seeds

Similar
  
Pine, Pinus teocote, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus montezumae, Pinus ayacahuite

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 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.

Pinus pseudostrobus Pinus pseudostrobus var apulcensis description The Gymnosperm

It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well.

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Pinus pseudostrobus Pinus pseudostrobus macochyaj description The Gymnosperm Database

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References

Pinus pseudostrobus Wikipedia