Pinus tabuliformis

Pinaceae Pinus tabuliformis Carrière

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
tabuliformis possibly refers to ‘forming planks’ or ‘table-shaped’; indicating this tree’s common use or flat-topped crown.

Colloquial Name
Chinese red pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 3 subordinate taxa for Pinus tabuliformis:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-CQ, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHI, CHI-NM, CHI-NX, CHM, CHM-LN, CHN, CHN-BJ, CHN-GS, CHN-HB, CHN-SA, CHN-SD, CHN-SX, CHN-TJ, CHQ, CHS, CHS-HN

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Pinus tabuliformis 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 tabuliformis is increasing. There are no known threats for Pinus tabuliformis.

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

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

Cultivars
‘Jiuzhaigou Valley’