Pinaceae Pinus koraiensis Siebold & Zucc.
Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
koraiensis refers to Korea; indicating its habitat.
Colloquial Name
Korean pine
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
3, 31, AMU, KHA, PRM, 36, CHM, CHM-HJ, CHM-JL, CHM-LN, 38, JAP, JAP-HK, JAP-HN, KOR, KOR-NK, KOR-SK
Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus koraiensis are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus koraiensis that are known of.
USDA Hardiness zone – 3
Pinus koraiensis is hardy to USDA Zone 3 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -40C (-40F) to -34.4C (-30F).
Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus koraiensis is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Pinus koraiensis and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus koraiensis 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 koraiensis is Subsect. Strobi. The coordinate taxa for Pinus koraiensis are therefore:
- Pinus albicaulis
- Pinus amamiana
- Pinus armandii
- Pinus ayacahuite
- Pinus bhutanica
- Pinus cembra
- Pinus dalatensis
- Pinus fenzeliana
- Pinus flexilis
- Pinus lambertiana
- Pinus monticola
- Pinus morrisonicola
- Pinus parviflora
- Pinus peuce
- Pinus pumila
- Pinus sibirica
- Pinus strobiformis
- Pinus strobus
- Pinus wallichiana
- Pinus wangii
- Pinus x hakkodensis
Pinus koraiensis is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus koraiensis is also placed under Pinaceae.
Cultivars
‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Avogagio’, ‘Bergman’, ‘Blue Ball’, ‘Bohlje HB’, ‘Brookside Variegated’, ‘Compacta Glauca’, ‘Dragon’s Eye’, ‘Dwarf Form’, ‘Gee Broom’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Jack Corbit’, ‘Kamurogoyo’, ‘KG’, ‘Korin’, ‘Marimo’, ‘Matsue Stripes’, ‘Morris Blue’, ‘Nana’, ‘Oculus Draconis’, ‘Rowe’, ‘Select Blue’, ‘Shibamichi’, ‘Silveray’, ‘Silvergrey’, ‘Silverlining’, ‘Spring Grove’, ‘Stanleyray’, ‘Tabuliformis’, ‘Tortuosa’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Verkade’s Select’, ‘Winton’
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