Pinus pseudostrobus
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| Pinus pseudostrobus | |
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| var. apulcensis in cultivation | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Species: | P. pseudostrobus |
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| Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl. | |
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| Natural range of Pinus pseudostrobus | |
Smooth-bark Mexican pine (Pinus pseudostrobus), (Chamite and Pacingo) distinctive names in Spanish, tree endemic to Mexico.
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 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.
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- Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Pinus pseudostrobus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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