Pinus cembra

Pinaceae Pinus cembra L.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
cembra refers to ‘cembro’, the Italian name for this tree.

Colloquial Name
Arolla pine, Swiss stone pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
1, 11, AUT, AUT-AU, CZE, CZE-CZ, CZE-SL, GER, POL, SWI, 12, FRA, FRA-FR, 13, ITA, ITA-IT, ROM, YUG, YUG-BH, 14, UKR, UKR-MO, UKR-UK

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 1
Pinus cembra is hardy to USDA Zone 1 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -51.1C (-60F) to -45.6C (-50F).

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

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.2 Urban & Infrastructure Development

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

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

Cultivars
‘Alba’, ‘Algonquin Pillar’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Austria Mountain’, ‘Barnhourie’, ‘Bennett Dwarf’, ‘Bergkönig’, ‘Big Blue’, ‘Big Blue WB’, ‘Blaue Form’, ‘Blauspinne’, ‘Blue Mops’, ‘Blue Mound’, ‘Broom’, ‘Chalet’, ‘Chamolet’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta Glauca’, ‘Cristallo’, ‘David’, ‘Dolomiten’, ‘Drei Zinnen’, ‘Egli’, ‘Falzerego’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘F.F.’, ‘Fussball’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Granizenbach’, ‘Günther Eschrich’, ‘Hagengebirge’, ‘Helvetica’, ‘Hochalm’, ‘Honza’, ‘Hutberg’, ‘Ikarus’, ‘Inverleith’, ‘Jermyns’, ‘Kairamo’, ‘King’s Dwarf’, ‘Kristat’, ‘Landis’, ‘Leutnant’, ‘Looney’, ‘Matterhorn’, ‘Monophylla’, ‘Nana’, ‘Niederthai’, ‘Nocki’, ‘Ortler’, ‘Ötztal’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pillar’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidalis’, ‘Roughills’, ‘Sabtny’, ‘Saint Christina’, ‘Saint Ulrich’, ‘Sankt Ulrich’, ‘Sartori’, ‘Schwarzsee’, ‘Silver Sheen’, ‘Short Stuff’, ‘Stoderzinken’, ‘Stricta’, ‘Tamangur’, ‘Tatra’, ‘Tip Top’, ‘Turrach’, ‘Tuxer’, ‘Twister’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Westhur’, ‘Zillertal’, ‘Zinnen’