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Toggle the table of contents. ... is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. ... P. wangii – Guangdong white pine;
Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of pine species by geographical distribution. ... Pinus amamiana - Yakushima white pine;
Both species are considered excellent for molding and carving. [5] First the Eastern and then the Western species were used in the building of transcontinental railroads in the late 19th century. [5] In the early 20th century, white pine was used to build houses and make matches. [5] Western white pine is widely grown as an ornamental tree. [7]
The species was imported in 1620 to England by Captain George Weymouth, who planted it for a timber crop, but had little success because of white pine blister rust disease. Old-growth pine in the Americas, of various Pinus species, was a highly desired wood since huge, knot-free boards were the rule rather than the exception.
Pinus albicaulis is the only type of tree on the summit of Pywiack Dome in Yosemite National Park. Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white bark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, [4] is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine areas of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Pacific ...
Pinus flexilis, the limber pine, is a species of pine tree in the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is also called Rocky Mountain white pine. A limber pine in Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon, has been documented as over 2,000 years old, and another one was confirmed at 1,140 years old.
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, commonly known as kahikatea (from Māori) and white pine, is a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. A podocarp , it is New Zealand's tallest tree, gaining heights of 60 m over a life span of 600 years.
Pinus armandii, the Armand pine [2] or Chinese white pine, is a species of pine native to China, [3] occurring from southern Shanxi west to southern Gansu and south to Yunnan, with outlying populations in Anhui. It grows at altitudes of 2200–3000 m in Taiwan, and it also extends a short distance into northern Burma. [4]