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
In these areas (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.
🏛🌲︎ State trees of North Carolina.
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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