Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla

Pinaceae Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla (Mayr) A.Henry

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
parviflora refers to ‘little flower’; indicating the relatively small cone size for a white pine.
pentaphylla refers to ‘five leaves’; indicating its needles come in fascicles of five.

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Pinus parviflora:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 38, JAP, JAP-HK, JAP-HN, KOR, KOR-SK

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla is stable. There are no known threats for Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla.

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

Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla is also placed under Pinaceae.