Western pine or Espanyol pine ( Latin Pinus occidentalis ), ( Spanish pino criollo ) - a species of coniferous trees of the genus Pine . The view is close to the Cuban pine .
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Distribution and Ecology
The endemic of the island of Haiti , where it grows mainly in mountain forests at an altitude of 800 m and above. Occasionally found in lowlands.
Botanical Description
Evergreen tree with a height of 15 m to 30 m.
The needles are dark green, in bundles of 3, 4, 5 needles, 11-20 cm long.
Cones are oblong, brilliantly brown. The length of the cones is 5-8 cm. Seeds 4-5 mm long, with a wing of 15 mm.
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Literature
- Dvorak, WS, GR Hodge, EA GutiΓ©rrez, LF Osorio, FS Malan and TK Stanger. * 2000. Conservation and Testing of Tropical and Subtropical Forest Species by the CAMCORE Cooperative. College of Natural Resources, NCSU. Raleigh, NC. USA
- Farjon A. (2012). Conifer Database (version Jul 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life, 25th June 2012 (Bisby F., Roskov Y., Culham A., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col/. Species 2000: Reading, UK.