Pinus pringlei

Pinaceae Pinus pringlei Shaw

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
pringlei refers to the plant collector C. G. Pringle, who collected the type specimen.

Colloquial Name
Pringle’s pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 79, MXC, MXC-ME, MXC-MO, MXS, MXS-GR, MXS-MI, MXS-OA

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus pringlei are subtropical/tropical dry forests, subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical/tropical moist montane forests, temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus pringlei that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 9
Pinus pringlei is hardy to USDA Zone 9 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -6.7C (20F) to -1.1C (30F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus pringlei is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Pinus pringlei and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus pringlei 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 pringlei is Subsect. Australes. The coordinate taxa for Pinus pringlei are therefore:

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