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Pinus canariensis, the Canary Island pine, is a species of gymnosperm in the conifer family Pinaceae. It is a large, evergreen tree, native and endemic to the outer Canary Islands of the Atlantic Ocean .
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Forests of the endemic Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis) can be found close to sea level on the southern sides of the islands, and from 1,200 to 2,400 m on the northern slopes. Montane shrublands inhabit the highest elevations on La Palma and Tenerife.
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Island Natural symbols Image El Hierro: Gallotia simonyi machadoi (El Hierro giant lizard) and Juniperus phoenicea (Sabina) La Gomera: Columba junoniae (Laurel pigeon) and Persea indica (Viñátigo) La Palma: Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus (Graja) and Pinus canariensis (Canary Island pine) Tenerife
At altitude, in the cool relatively wet climate, forests of the endemic pine Pinus canariensis thrive. Many of the plant species in the Canary Islands, like the Canary Island pine and the dragon tree, Dracaena draco are endemic, as noted by Sabin Berthelot and Philip Barker Webb in their work, L'Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries (1835–50 ...
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Flora of the Canary Islands — a distinct region in the flora of Macaronesia. Macaronesia is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean . The Canary Islands , off the Northwest African coast, are politically but not biogeographically within Spain .