Pinus peuce

Pinaceae Pinus peuce Griseb.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
peuce refers to ‘peuke’, the Greek name for pine trees.

Colloquial Name
Balkan pine, Macedonian pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
1, 13, ALB, BUL, GRC, YUG, YUG-KO, YUG-MA, YUG-MN, YUG-SE

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Pinus peuce 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 peuce is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Pinus peuce and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 5 Natural System Modifications
  • 5.1 Fire & Fire Suppression

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus peuce has been assigned the status of NT(Near Threatened). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not threatened, but is close to having this status.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Pinus peuce is Subsect. Strobi. The coordinate taxa for Pinus peuce are therefore:

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

Cultivars
‘Arnold Dwarf’, ‘Arturs Dominiks’ , ‘Aurea’, ‘Aureovariegata’ , ‘Cesarini’ , ‘Daniel’, ‘Glauca’ , ‘Glauca Compacta’, ‘Horstmann Dwarf’ , ‘Horstmann Zwerg’ , ‘Jacobsen’ , ‘Jakobsen Gelbbunt’, ‘Jeddeloh’ , ‘Johnson’ , ‘Minidom’ , ‘Miss Cesarini’ , ‘Nana’ , ‘Pygmy’, ‘Raubold’, ‘Thessaloniki Broom’ , ‘Wageningen’, ‘Westhur’ , ‘Wintergold’