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Pinus mugo

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Pinus mugo

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Also known as Pinus montana, Mountain Pine, creeping pine, dwarf mountainpine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Pinus mugo, commonly known as mountain pine, is an evergreen species within the family Pinaceae. It belongs to the order Pinales and the class Pinopsida in the phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is Pinus mugo Turra, and it is also referred to by the short name P. mugo. Other common names include Pinwydden y mynydd, Pi negre, and borovice kleč.

The species is native to high-altitude regions in central and southwestern Europe, specifically between 1,000 and 2,200 meters. It has been introduced to the Baltic States, Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. According to the IUCN Red List assessment from 2017, Pinus mugo is rated as Least Concern.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

mountain pine

Pinus mugo

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPinopsida
  4. OrderPinales
  5. FamilyPinaceae
Native toAlbania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine
Observations11,043
Observations recorded72,895

歐洲山松(學名:Pinus mugo),又稱矮松,是松屬下的一種松樹,原產於歐洲中部和西南部海拔1,000~2,200米(3,300~7,200英尺)的高山地帶。它共有三個亞種。此外作为受欢迎的观赏植物,它还有许多栽培种。

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
716
With media
536
Family
Pinaceae
Collections
UCMP, MOR, WCUH, US, SBBG, CAS
Recorded in
United States, Austria, Switzerland, Romania

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Encyclopedic overview

Pinus mugo, known as dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine, bog pine, creeping pine, or mugo pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pinus mugo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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