Pinus mugo

Pinaceae Pinus mugo Turra

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
mugo refers to the Italian name for this tree.

Colloquial Name
Dwarf mountain pine, Mugo pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Pinus mugo:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
1, 11, AUT, AUT-AU, CZE, CZE-CZ, CZE-SL, GER, HUN, POL, SWI, 12, FRA, FRA-FR, 13, ALB, BUL, ITA, ITA-IT, ROM, YUG, YUG-BH, YUG-CR, YUG-KO, YUG-MN, YUG-SE, YUG-SL, 14, UKR, UKR-UK

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus mugo are temperate forests, temperate shrublands, bogs/marshes/swamps/fens/peatlands . The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus mugo that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 3
Pinus mugo 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 mugo is stable. There are ongoing threats for Pinus mugo and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.4 Air / Soil & Water Pollution
  • 1.2 Urban & Infrastructure Development
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry

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

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

Cultivars
‘Agnieszka’, ‘Annamarie’, ‘Allen’s Seedling’, ‘Allgäu’, ‘Almhutte’, ‘Alpenglow’, ‘Alpen Hexe’, ‘Amber Gold’, ‘Andrzej’, ‘Arneson’s Gold’, ‘Árpád’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Fastigiata’, ‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Balkan Aurea’, ‘Ballaibac’, ‘Benjamin’, ‘Bergman’, ‘Big Tuna’, ‘Blanke Tatry’, ‘Blažek’, ‘Blue Globe’, ‘Bohikens Zwerg’, ‘Bonsai Kramer’, ‘Boži Dar’, ‘Brevifolia’, ‘Bubikopf’, ‘Bucco’, ‘Bultinck Compact’, ‘Carsten’, ‘Carsten’s Wintergold’, ‘Chameleon’, ‘Champ’, ‘Columbo’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Congesta’, ‘Contorta’, ‘Corley’s Mat’, ‘Czerny Podok’, ‘Dave’s Choice’, ‘Dezember Gold’, ‘Dikobraz’, ‘Dolomiten’, ‘Donna’s Mini’, ‘Drygalla’, ‘Dunajec’, ‘Echiniformis’, ‘Eiselt’, ‘Elegance’, ‘Elfengreen’, ‘Ellie B’, ‘Emerald Tower’, ‘Enkhuizen’, ‘Eschrich’, ‘Esveld Select’, ‘Exelence’, ‘Fastigiate’, ‘Fischeri’, ‘Fischleinboden’, ‘Fish Hook’, ‘Flanders Belle’, ‘Frisby’, ‘Frisia’, ‘Fritsche’, ‘Frodo’, ‘Frosty’, ‘Fructata’, ‘Frühlings Gold’, ‘Gallica’, ‘Gerringong’, ‘Glendale’, ‘Gnom’, ‘Golden Glow’, ‘Golden Mound’, ‘Goldspire’, ‘Gordon Bentham’, ‘Green Alps’, ‘Green Candle’, ‘Green Column’, ‘Green Creeper’, ‘Green Globe’, ‘Green Shadow’, ‘Halada’, ‘Hana’, ‘Hazeldale Column’, ‘Hedgehog’, ‘Helvetica’, ‘Heinrich’s Triumph’, ‘Henry’, ‘Hereygers’, ‘Hesse’, ‘Hoersholm’, ‘Honeycomb’, ‘Horstmann Dwarf’, ‘Humpy’, ‘Hvoždany’, ‘Ironside’, ‘Iseli Flat Top’, ‘Iseli White Bud’, ‘Jackal’, ‘Jacobsen’, ‘Jakobsen’, ‘Jakobsen Variegated’, ‘Jalubi’, ‘Janovsky’, ‘Jeddeloh’, ‘Jim’s Dwarf’, ‘Jitka’, ‘Joséphine Leney’, ‘Kafumbi’, ‘Kalous’, ‘Kamila’, ‘Karsten’s Wintergold’, ‘Kiril’, ‘Kissen’, ‘Kleiner Roscutek’, ‘Klostergrun’, ‘Klosterkötter’, ‘Knajpa’, ‘Knapenburg’, ‘Kobold’, ‘Koe Gelb’, ‘Koemans Franz’, ‘Kokarde’, ‘Krauskopf’, ‘Krca’, ‘Kronpriz’, ‘Kuck’s Minimops’, ‘Kudrnáč’, ‘Laarheide’, ‘Laurin’, ‘Lemon’, ‘Lew Hill Upright’, ‘Lilliput’, ‘Little Beauty’, ‘Little Delight’, ‘Little Gold Star’, ‘Little Lady’, ‘Loucký’, ‘Maike’, ‘Mala Felica’, ‘Maleton’, ‘Malik Gelb’, ‘Manuela’, ‘Marand’, ‘March’, ‘Margot’, ‘Maria’, ‘Mayfair’, ‘Meylan’, ‘Michal’, ‘Michelle’, ‘Mikulašovice’, ‘Milky Way’, ‘Miniglobus’, ‘Minikin’, ‘Minima Jenner’, ‘Minima Kalous’, ‘Mini Mini’, ‘Mini Mops’, ‘Misty’, ‘Mitsch Mini’, ‘Monophylla’, ‘Moppet’, ‘Mops’, ‘Mops WB Enkhuizen’, ‘Mops Hvožďany’, ‘Mops Meylan’, ‘Mops Michl’, ‘Mops Midget’, ‘Morsoone’, ‘Mr Wood’, ‘Mumpitz’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Kalous’, ‘National Arboretum’, ‘Nerost’, ‘Northern Lights’, ‘Nymphenburg’, ‘Ophir’, ‘Orange Sun’, ‘Oregon Jade’, ‘Oregon Pixie’, ‘Pál Maléter’, ‘Palouse’, ‘Paul’s Dwarf’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Per Golden’, ‘Pesek’, ‘Picobello’, ‘Pigglemee’, ‘Pincushion’, ‘Pjatra Krajluj’, ‘Pot o’ Gold’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Prostrata Domschke’, ‘Pudgy’, ‘P. Vereijken’, ‘Pygmy’, ‘Pygmy Kalous’, ‘Rautal’, ‘Reher’, ‘Reisengebirge’, ‘Repens Domschke’, ‘Rezek’, ‘Ricany’, ‘Rigi’, ‘Rock Garden’, ‘Roger’s Weeping’, ‘Roman’, ‘Rositech’, ‘Rushmore’, ‘Sandy’, ‘Schneeberg’, ‘Schweizer Tourist’, ‘Sherwood Compact’, ‘Sherwood Compact Seedling’, ‘Shina’, ‘Shon Ilse’, ‘Short Needle’, ‘Silvia’, ‘Skylands’, ‘Slavinii’, ‘Slezký Dom’, ‘Slowmound’, ‘Spaan’s Pygmy’, ‘Spilled Milk’, ‘Sponi’, ‘Stapeley’, ‘Starkl’, ‘Stranger’, ‘Šubrt’, ‘Sunshine’, ‘Suzi’, ‘Swiss Dwarf’, ‘Szkolka’, ‘Tannenbaum’, ‘Teeny’, ‘The Champ’, ‘Thomas’, ‘Tini’, ‘Trompenburg’, ‘Tuffet’, ‘Tyler’, ‘Tyrol’, ‘Umbraculifera’, ‘Valley Cushion’, ‘Varella’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Verkade’s Broom’, ‘Veverka’, ‘Virgata’, ‘Walch’, ‘Well’s Columnar’, ‘White Bud’, ‘White Green’, ‘White Tip’, ‘Wies Blue’, ‘Wimbachii’, ‘Winchester’, ‘Winter Gold’, ‘Winter Sun’, WINTERSONNE , ‘Winzig’, ‘Wood’s Pillar’, ‘Yellow Marble’, ‘Yellow Point’, ‘Yellow Striped’, ‘Yellow Tip’, ‘Zundert’, ‘Zwergkugel’