Learn more about pines genus Pinus (Pinus spp.)
Part of
🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae
in
🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native throughout the 🌐︎ Northern Hemisphere, particularly temperate regions, but into the arctic and tropics (and from there, a bit into the 🌐︎ Southern Hemisphere).
※ 🗺 Map of 4 species (section contorta) by county (🇺🇸 USA-48),
** 3 species covered above,
🗺 map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48)
(color key).
Invasive > 🌐︎ global
🏛🌲︎ State trees of North Carolina.
In this area (particularly 🇨🇦 Canada AB BC SK, and 🇺🇸 USA AZ CA CO ID MO MT NV NM OR SD UT WA WI WY):
- do not move pine logs, stumps, branches, firewood nor untreated lumber
due to possible infestation by the insect
mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae,
which carries various species of
🍄︎ fungus / mushroom kingdom Fungi.
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
Pinus hosts caterpillars of 247 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.
This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive)
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.
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