Pinus nigra

Pinaceae Pinus nigra J.F. Arnold

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
nigra refers to ‘black’; indicating the dark colour of its bark.

Colloquial Name
Austrian pine, Black pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 6 subordinate taxa for Pinus nigra:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
1, 11, AUT, AUT-AU, 12, COR, FRA, FRA-FR, SPA, SPA-AN, SPA-SP, 13, ALB, BUL, GRC, ITA, ITA-IT, KRI, ROM, SIC, SIC-SI, TUE, YUG, YUG-BH, YUG-CR, YUG-KO, YUG-MA, YUG-MN, YUG-SE, YUG-SL, 14, KRY, 2, 20, ALG, MOR, MOR-MO, 3, 33, NCS, NCS-KR, 34, CYP, EAI, TUR

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus nigra are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus nigra that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Pinus nigra is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus nigra is stable. There are no known threats for Pinus nigra.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus nigra has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Pinus nigra is Subsect. Pinus. The coordinate taxa for Pinus nigra are therefore:

Pinus nigra is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus nigra is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Arnold Sentinel’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Balcanica’, ‘Bergen’, ‘Birte’, ‘Black Prince’, ‘Bobby McGregor’, ‘Borken’, BREPO®, ‘Bright Eyes’, ‘Buda’, ‘Bujotii’, ‘Candlewood’, ‘Caperci’s Golden Cream’, ‘Caprice’, ‘Cebennensis Nana’, ‘Chinto’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Contorta’, ‘Dr Shaake’, ‘Falcata’, ‘Frank’, ‘Géant de Suisse’, ‘Globosa’, ‘Globosa Viridis’, ‘Goldfinger’, ‘Grasse’, ‘Green Rocket’, ‘Green Tower’, ‘Hatchlands’, ‘Helena’, ‘Helga’, ‘Herk Osterreich’, ‘Hornibrookiana’, ‘Hulsdonk’, ‘Jeddeloh’, ‘Kalous’, ‘Keightley Broom’, ‘Killoran’, ‘Kisouni’, ‘Koekelare’, ‘Komet’, ‘Kroc WB’, ‘Magnifica’, ‘Meylan’, ‘Molette’, ‘Monstrosa’, ‘Morris WB’, ‘Moseri’, ‘Nana’, ‘Obelisk’, ‘Olešná’, ‘Oma’, ‘Oregon Green’, ‘Oregon Jade’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Petra’, ‘Pierrick Bregéon’, ‘Pinc’, ‘Pitchounet’, ‘Pragensis’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Pumila Aurea’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidalis’, ‘Richard’, ‘Rondello’, ‘Salzmannii’, ‘Scholz’, ‘Schovenhorst’, ‘Select Green’, ‘Skyborn’, ‘Slatinka Ústek’, ‘Spingarn’, ‘Stanley Gold’, ‘Strypemonde’, ‘Sycow’, ‘Sylvit’, ‘Talland Bay’, ‘Uelzen’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Walter’, ‘Würstle’, ‘Yaffle Hill’, ‘Zehra’, ‘Zimmer 2’, ‘Zlatiborica’, ‘Zwartsenberg’