Pinaceae Pinus pumila (Pall.) Regel
Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
pumila refers to ‘dwarfish’; indicating its growth habit.
Colloquial Name
Dwarf Siberian pine
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
3, 30, BRY, CTA, IRK, YAK, 31, 36, CHI, CHI-NM, CHM, 37, MON, 38, JAP, JAP-HK, JAP-HN, KOR, KOR-NK, KOR-SK
Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus pumila are boreal forests, boreal shrublands. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus pumila that are known of.
USDA Hardiness zone – 1
Pinus pumila is hardy to USDA Zone 1 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -51.1C (-60F) to -45.6C (-50F).
Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus pumila is stable. There are no known threats for Pinus pumila.
IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus pumila 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 pumila is Subsect. Strobi. The coordinate taxa for Pinus pumila are therefore:
- Pinus albicaulis
- Pinus amamiana
- Pinus armandii
- Pinus ayacahuite
- Pinus bhutanica
- Pinus cembra
- Pinus dalatensis
- Pinus fenzeliana
- Pinus flexilis
- Pinus koraiensis
- Pinus lambertiana
- Pinus monticola
- Pinus morrisonicola
- Pinus parviflora
- Pinus peuce
- Pinus sibirica
- Pinus strobiformis
- Pinus strobus
- Pinus wallichiana
- Pinus wangii
- Pinus x hakkodensis
Pinus pumila is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus pumila is also placed under Pinaceae.
Cultivars
‘Barmstedt’, ‘Blaukissen’, ‘Blauspinne’ , ‘Blue Dwarf’ , ‘Blue Lamp’, ‘Blue Mops’ , ‘Blue Note’, ‘Blue Star’ , ‘Brevifolia’, ‘Buchanan’ , ‘Chlorocarpa’, ‘Compacta’ , ‘Draijer’s Blue’ , ‘Draijer’s Dwarf’ , ‘Dwarf Blue’ , ‘Elektra’, ‘Glauca’ , ‘Glauca Drath’, ‘Glauca Erecta’ , ‘Glauca Stockmann’, ‘Globe’ , ‘Hann Munden’, ‘Hillside’, ‘H.J. Drath’ , ‘Japonica’, ‘Jeddeloh’ , ‘Klosterkötter’ , ‘Knightshayes’ , ‘Kohouts Gem’, ‘Nana’, ‘National Arboretum’, ‘Oliver’, ‘Park’ , ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Pipistrella’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Säntis’ , ‘Spingarn’, ‘Stata’, ‘Stockmann’ , ‘Van den Hoogen’ , ‘Wansdyke’, ‘Zwergform’
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