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Aleppo Pine

Aleppo Pine cones
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: Pinus
Species: halepensis
Binomial name
Pinus halepensis
Miller


The Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. The range extends from Spain north to southern Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Libya, with an outlying population (from which it was first described) in Syria (including Aleppo), Jordan and Algeria.


It is a small to medium-size tree, reaching 15-25 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 60 cm, exceptionally 1 m. The bark is orange-red, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, and thin and flaky in the upper crown. The leaves ('needles') are in pairs, very slender, mostly 6-10 cm long, and distinctly yellowish green. The cones are narrow conic, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad at the base when closed, green at first, ripening glossy red-brown when 24 months old. They open slowly over the next few years, or after being heated by a forest fire, to release the seeds, opening to 5-8 cm broad. The seeds are 5-6 mm long, with a 20 mm wing, and are wind-dispersed.


Aleppo Pine is closely related to Turkish Pine, Canary Island Pine and Maritime Pine, which all share many features with it. Some authors include Turkish Pine as a subspecies of Aleppo Pine, but it is usually regarded as a distinct species. It is a relatively non_variable species, with constant morphology over the entire range.


It is widely planted for timber in its native area, being one of the most important trees in forestry in Algeria and Morocco. It is also a popular ornamental tree, extensively planted in parks and gardens in hot dry areas such as southern California in the United States, where its considerable heat and drought tolerance is highly valued.






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Pine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1335 words)
Pines are coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae.
Pines are mostly monoecious, having the male and female cones on the same tree, though a few species are sub-dioecious with individuals predominantly, but not wholly, single-sex.
Pines are commercially among the most important of species used for timber in temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Aleppo Pine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (351 words)
The Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) is a pine native to the Mediterranean region.
The range extends from Morocco and Spain north to southern France, Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Libya, with an outlying population (from which it was first described) in Syria (including Aleppo), Jordan and Israel.
Aleppo Pine is closely related to Turkish Pine, Canary Island Pine and Maritime Pine, which all share many features with it.
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