Pinus hwangshanensis

Pinaceae Pinus hwangshanensis W.Y. Hsia

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
hwangshanensis refers to the Hwang Shan Mountains in China; indicating its habitat.

Colloquial Name
Huang Shan pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-GZ, CHC-HU, CHC-YN, CHS, CHS-AH, CHS-FJ, CHS-GX, CHS-HE, CHS-HN, CHS-JS, CHS-JX, CHS-ZJ

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Pinus hwangshanensis is hardy to USDA Zone 7 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -17.8C (0F) to -12.2C (10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus hwangshanensis is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Pinus hwangshanensis 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 hwangshanensis 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 hwangshanensis is Subsect. Pinus. The coordinate taxa for Pinus hwangshanensis are therefore:

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