This is a list of pine species by geographical distribution. For a taxonomy of the genus, see

Pinus classification ''Pinus'', the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus ''Pinus'' (hard pines), and subgenus ''Strobus'' (soft pines). Each of the subgenera have been further ...

Old World

Europe and Mediterranean (some into Asia)

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Pinus brutia ''Pinus brutia'', commonly known as the Turkish pine, is a species of pine native to the eastern Mediterranean region. The bulk of its range is in Turkey. Turkish pine is also known by several other common names: Calabrian pine (from a naturali ...

'' - Turkish pine *''

Pinus canariensis ''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. Description ''Pinus canariensis'' is a ...

'' - Canary Island pine *'' Pinus cembra'' - Swiss pine *''

Pinus halepensis ''Pinus halepensis'', commonly known as the Aleppo pine, also known as the Jerusalem pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. Description ''Pinus halepensis'' is a small to medium-sized tree, tall, with a trunk diameter up to , exce ...

'' - Aleppo pine *'' Pinus heldreichii'' - Bosnian pine *''

Pinus mugo ''Pinus mugo'', known as bog pine, creeping pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugo pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, or Swiss mountain pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and S ...

'' - Mountain pine *'' Pinus nigra'' - European black pine, Austrian pine *'' Pinus peuce'' - Macedonian pine *''

Pinus pinaster ''Pinus pinaster'', the maritime pine or cluster pine, is a pine native to the south Atlantic Europe region and parts of the western Mediterranean. It is a hard, fast growing pine bearing small seeds with large wings. Description ''Pinus pina ...

'' - Maritime pine *'' Pinus pinea'' - Stone pine *''

Pinus sylvestris ''Pinus sylvestris'', the Scots pine (UK), Scotch pine (US) or Baltic pine, is a species of tree in the pine family Pinaceae that is native to Eurasia. It can readily be identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-green leaves and or ...

'' - Scots pine

Asia

*'' Pinus amamiana'' - Yakushima white pine *''

Pinus armandii ''Pinus armandii'', the Armand pine or Chinese white pine, is a species of pine native to China, occurring from southern Shanxi west to southern Gansu and south to Yunnan, with outlying populations in Anhui. It grows at altitudes of 2200–3000 ...

'' - Chinese white pine *'' Pinus bhutanica'' - Bhutan white pine *''

Pinus bungeana ''Pinus bungeana'' ( English: Bunge's pine or lacebark pine or white-barked pine; Chinese: 白皮松 Japanese: シロマツ, ) is a pine tree native to northeastern and central China. It is a slow-growing tree In botany, a tree is a ...

'' - Lacebark pine *'' Pinus dalatensis'' - Vietnamese white pine *'' Pinus densata'' - Sikang pine *''

Pinus densiflora ''Pinus densiflora'', also called the Japanese red pine, the Japanese pine, or Korean red pine, is a species of pine tree native to East Asia. Distribution and habitat ''P. densiflora'' has a home range that includes Japan, the Korean Peninsula, ...

'' - Korean Red pine *''

Pinus fenzeliana ''Pinus fenzeliana'' commonly known as the Hainan white pine or Fenzel's pine, is a tree endemic to the island of Hainan off southern China. This pine reaches heights of 20 m with a trunk 1 m in diameter. Description The leaves are needle-like, ...

'' - Hainan white pine *'' Pinus hwangshanensis'' - Huangshan pine *''

Pinus kesiya ''Pinus kesiya'' (Khasi pine, Benguet pine or three-needled pine) is one of the most widely distributed pines in Asia. Its range extends south and east from the Khasi Hills in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, to northern Thailand, Philipp ...

'' - Khasi pine *''

Pinus koraiensis ''Pinus koraiensis'' is a species of pine known commonly as the Korean pine. It is native to eastern Asia: Korea, northeastern China, Mongolia, the temperate rainforests of the Russian Far East, and central Japan. In the north of its range, it g ...

'' - Korean pine *'' Pinus krempfii'' - Krempf's pine *''

Pinus latteri ''Pinus latteri'', or Tenasserim pine, is a pine native to Mainland Southeast Asia. Description ''Pinus latteri'' is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching tall and with a trunk diameter of up to . The Bark (botany), bark is orange-red, thick a ...

'' - Tenasserim pine *''

Pinus luchuensis ''Pinus luchuensis'', commonly called Luchu pine or Okinawa pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae endemic to, and locally abundant in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It was once threatened by habitat loss in the wild, where it can ...

'' - Luchu pine *''

Pinus massoniana ''Pinus massoniana'' ( English: Masson's pine, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine; Chinese: 馬尾松) is a species of pine, native to Taiwan, a wide area of central and southern China, and northern Vietnam. Description It is an evergreen tr ...

'' - Masson's pine *'' Pinus merkusii'' - Sumatran pine *''

Pinus morrisonicola ''Pinus morrisonicola'' (Taiwan white pine; ), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is a large tree, up to high and in diameter. The trunk is often crooked. Needles are in bundles of five. Mature cones are large, to long and wid ...

'' - Taiwan white pine *'' Pinus parviflora'' - Japanese white pine *''

Pinus pumila ''Pinus pumila'', commonly known as the Siberian dwarf pine, dwarf Siberian pine, dwarf stone pine, Japanese stone pine, or creeping pine, is a tree in the family Pinaceae native to northeastern Asia and the Japanese isles. It shares the common ...

'' - Siberian dwarf pine *''

Pinus roxburghii ''Pinus roxburghii'', commonly known as chir pine or longleaf Indian pine, is a species of pine tree native to the Himalayas. It was named after William Roxburgh. Description ''Pinus roxburghii'' is a large tree reaching with a trunk diameter ...

'' - Chir pine *''

Pinus sibirica ''Pinus sibirica'', or Siberian pine, in the family Pinaceae is a species of pine tree that occurs in Siberia from 58°E in the Ural Mountains east to 126°E in the Stanovoy Range in southern Sakha Republic, and from Igarka at 68°N in the lower ...

'' - Siberian pine *'' Pinus squamata'' - Qiaojia pine *'' Pinus tabuliformis'' - Chinese red pine *''

Pinus taiwanensis ''Pinus taiwanensis'', the Taiwan red pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae endemic to Taiwan. Taxonomy It is a close relative of '' Pinus luchuensis'' of Japan and ''P. hwangshanensis'' of China, sometimes considered as a subspe ...

'' - Taiwan red pine *''

Pinus thunbergii ''Pinus thunbergii'' (syn: ''Pinus thunbergiana''), also called black pine, Japanese black pine, and Japanese pine, is a pine tree native to coastal areas of Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū) and South Korea. It is called () in Korean, () ...

'' - Japanese Black pine *''

Pinus wallichiana ''Pinus wallichiana'' is a coniferous evergreen tree native to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east across northern Pakistan and north west India to Yunnan in southwest China. It grows in mountain valle ...

'' - Blue pine or Bhutan pine *''

Pinus wangii ''Pinus wangii'', commonly known as the Guangdong white pine (), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It was named after Dr. Shao-Ping Wang, a professor of forest genetics. Distribution This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of ...

'' (syn. ''P. kwangtungensis'') - Guangdong white pine *''

Pinus yunnanensis ''Pinus yunnanensis'', the Yunnan pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, itali ...

'' - Yunnan pine

New World

Eastern Canada, Eastern United States

*'' Pinus banksiana'' - Jack pine *''

Pinus clausa ''Pinus clausa'' is a species of pine endemic to the Southeastern United States. Its common names include sand pine, Florida spruce pine, Alabama pine, and scrub pine. Distribution The tree is found in two separate locations, one across central ...

'' - Sand pine *''

Pinus echinata ''Pinus echinata'', the shortleaf pine, is a species of pine native to the southeastern United States. Description The tree is variable in form, sometimes straight, sometimes crooked, with an irregular crown. The tree reaches heights of with a ...

'' - Shortleaf pine *'' Pinus elliottii'' - Slash pine *''

Pinus glabra ''Pinus glabra'', the spruce pine, is a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States, from southern South Carolina south to northern Florida and west to southern Louisiana. This pine is a straight-growing, medium-sized specie ...

'' - Spruce pine *''

Pinus palustris The longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'') is a pine species native to the Southeastern United States, found along the coastal plain from East Texas to southern Virginia, extending into northern and central Florida. In this area it is also known as ...

'' - Longleaf pine *'' Pinus pungens'' - Table mountain pine *''

Pinus resinosa ''Pinus resinosa'', known as red pine (also Norway pine in Minnesota), is a pine native to North America. Description Red pine is a coniferous evergreen tree characterized by tall, straight growth. It usually ranges from in height and in trun ...

'' - Red pine *'' Pinus rigida'' - Pitch pine *''

Pinus serotina ''Pinus serotina'', the pond pine, marsh pine or pocosin pine, is a pine tree found along the Southeastern portion of the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States, from southern New Jersey south to Florida and west to southern Alabama. This pi ...

'' - Pond pine *'' Pinus strobus'' - Eastern white pine *''

Pinus taeda ''Pinus taeda'', commonly known as loblolly pine, is one of several pines native to the Southeastern United States, from East Texas to Florida, and north to southern New Jersey. The wood industry classifies the species as a southern yellow pine. ...

'' - Loblolly pine *''

Pinus virginiana ''Pinus virginiana'', the Virginia pine, scrub pine, Jersey pine, Possum pine, is a medium-sized tree, often found on poorer soils from Long Island in southern New York south through the Appalachian Mountains to western Tennessee and Alabama. The ...

'' - Virginia pine

Western Canada, United States, and northern Mexico

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Pinus albicaulis ''Pinus albicaulis'', known by the common names whitebark pine, white bark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine ...

'' - Whitebark pine *''

Pinus aristata ''Pinus aristata'', the Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (or the Colorado bristlecone pine), is a long-living species of bristlecone pine tree native to the United States. It appears in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and northern New Mexico, wit ...

'' - Rocky Mountains bristlecone pine *'' Pinus attenuata'' - Knobcone pine *'' Pinus balfouriana'' - Foxtail pine *''

Pinus contorta ''Pinus contorta'', with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America. It is common near the ocean shore and in dry montane forests to the subalpine ...

'' - Lodgepole pine *''

Pinus coulteri The Coulter pine or big-cone pine, ''Pinus coulteri'', is a native of the coastal mountains of Southern California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico. Isolated groves are found as far north as Clearlake, California on the ...

'' - Coulter pine *''

Pinus edulis ''Pinus edulis'', the Colorado pinyon, two-needle piñon, pinyon pine, or simply piñon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group whose ancestor was a member of the Madro-Tertiary Geoflora (a group of drought resistant trees) and is native to the Uni ...

'' - Colorado pinyon *''

Pinus flexilis ''Pinus flexilis'', the limber pine, is a species of pine tree-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 ...

'' - Limber pine *''

Pinus jeffreyi ''Pinus jeffreyi'', also known as Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, yellow pine and black pine, is a North American pine tree. It is mainly found in California, but also in the westernmost part of Nevada, southwestern Oregon, and northern Baja Califo ...

'' - Jeffrey pine *''

Pinus lambertiana ''Pinus lambertiana'' (commonly known as the sugar pine or sugar cone pine) is the tallest and most massive pine tree, and has the longest cones of any conifer. The species name ''lambertiana'' was given by the Scottish botanist David Douglas, ...

'' - Sugar pine *''

Pinus longaeva ''Pinus longaeva'' (commonly referred to as the Great Basin bristlecone pine, intermountain bristlecone pine, or western bristlecone pine) is a long-living species of bristlecone pine tree found in the higher mountains of California, Nevada, and ...

'' - Great Basin bristlecone pine *''

Pinus monophylla ''Pinus monophylla'', the single-leaf pinyon, (alternatively spelled piñon) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to North America. The range is in southernmost Idaho, western Utah, Arizona, southwest New Mexico, Nevada, eastern and souther ...

'' - Single-leaf pinyon *'' Pinus monticola'' - Western white pine *''

Pinus muricata ''Pinus muricata'', the bishop pine, is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly in California, including several offshore Channel Islands, and a few locations in Baja California, Mexico. It is always on or near the coast. In San Luis Obispo ...

'' - Bishop pine *'' Pinus ponderosa'' (syn. ''P. washoensis'') - Ponderosa pine *''

Pinus radiata ''Pinus radiata'' ( syn. ''Pinus insignis''), the Monterey pine, insignis pine or radiata pine, is a species of pine native to the Central Coast of California and Mexico ( Guadalupe Island and Cedros island). It is an evergreen conifer in the ...

'' - Monterey pine, radiata pine *''

Pinus remota ''Pinus remota'', commonly known as the Texas pinyon or papershell pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to southwestern Texas and northeastern Mexico. It can be distinguished from other pinyon species by its thin-walled seeds, whic ...

'' - Texas pinyon, papershell pinyon *'' Pinus sabineana'' - Gray pine, foothill pine, digger pine *'' Pinus strobiformis'' - Southwestern white pine *''

Pinus torreyana The Torrey pine (''Pinus torreyana'') is a rare pine species in California, United States. It is a critically endangered species growing only in coastal San Diego County, and on Santa Rosa Island, offshore from Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara ...

'' - Torrey pine

Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America and Caribbean

*'' Pinus arizonica'' - Arizona pine *'' Pinus ayacahuite'' - Mexican white pine *''

Pinus caribaea The Caribbean pine (''Pinus caribaea'') is a hard pine species native to Central America and the northern West Indies (in Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands). It belongs to subsection '' Australes'' in subgenus ''Pinus''. It inha ...

'' - Caribbean pine *''

Pinus cembroides ''Pinus cembroides'', also known as pinyon pine, Mexican pinyon, Mexican nut pine, and Mexican stone pine, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to western North America. It grows in areas with low levels of rainfall and its range extends ...

'' - Mexican Pinyon *'' Pinus chiapensis'' - Chiapas white pine *''

Pinus cooperi ''Pinus cooperi'', sometimes called Cooper's pine or Cooper pine, is a medium-sized pine which is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country i ...

'' - Cooper's pine *''

Pinus cubensis ''Pinus cubensis'', or Cuban pine, is a pine endemic to the eastern highlands of the island of Cuba, inhabiting both Sierra Nipe- Cristal and Sierra Maestra. The closely related Hispaniolan pine (''P. occidentalis''), native to the neighboring ...

'' - Cuban pine *''

Pinus culminicola ''Pinus culminicola'', commonly known as Potosí pinyon or Potosí Piñón, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native and endemic to northeast Mexico. The range is highly localised, confined to a small area of high summits in the northern Sierra ...

'' - Potosi Pinyon *''

Pinus devoniana ''Pinus devoniana'' is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in more than 15 states of Mexico - from S. Sinaloa to Chiapas - and Guatemala in montane, relatively open pine or pine-oak forests at altitudes from .Farjon et al. 19 ...

'' (syn. ''P. michoacana'') - Michoacan pine *''

Pinus durangensis ''Pinus durangensis'', the Durango pine, is a pine tree species endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range of north-western Mexico. This species is related to ''Pinus ponderosa'' (Ponderosa pine), and included in the same subsection ...

'' - Durango pine *''

Pinus engelmannii ''Pinus engelmannii'', commonly known as the Apache pine, is a tree of Northern Mexico, in the Sierra Madre Occidental with its range extending a short distance into the United States in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. This pine ...

'' - Apache pine *'' Pinus douglasiana'' - Douglas pine *'' Pinus greggii'' - Gregg's pine *''

Pinus hartwegii ''Pinus hartwegii'' ( syn. ''P. rudis'', ''P. donnell-smithii''), Hartweg's pine or pino de las alturas, is a pine native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America east to Honduras. It is named after Karl Theodor Hartweg, who described it in ...

'' - Hartweg's pine *''

Pinus herrerae ''Pinus herrerae'', Herrera's pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the ...

'' - Herrera's pine *''

Pinus jaliscana ''Pinus jaliscana'', the Jalisco pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is endemic to southwestern Mexico, native to the Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur within western Jalisco state. It is threatened by habitat loss ...

'' - Jalisco pine *'' Pinus johannis'' - Johann's Pinyon *'' Pinus lawsonii'' - Lawson's pine *''

Pinus leiophylla ''Pinus leiophylla'', commonly known as Chihuahua pine, smooth-leaf pine,''Pinus leiophylla'' was originally described and published in ''Linnaea'' 6:354. 1831. and yellow pine (in Mexico, tlacocote and ocote chino), is a tree with a range prima ...

'' - Chihuahua pine *''

Pinus lumholtzii ''Pinus lumholtzii'', the Lumholtz's pine or pino triste ('sad pine' in Spanish), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is endemic to northwestern Mexico. It is named after Norwegian explorer Carl Sofus Lumholtz. This pine occurs o ...

'' - Lumholtz's pine *'' Pinus luzmariae'' *''

Pinus maximartinezii ''Pinus maximartinezii'', called Martinez pinyon, big-cone pinyon or maxipiñon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to west-central Mexico. Description It is a small tree, reaching tall and with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is ...

'' - Big-cone inyon *''

Pinus maximinoi ''Pinus maximinoi'', commonly known as thinleaf pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican St ...

'' (syn. ''P. tenuifolia'') - Thinleaf pine *'' Pinus montezumae'' - Montezuma pine *''

Pinus nelsonii ''Pinus nelsonii'', Nelson's pinyon, is a species of pine native to the mountains of northeastern Mexico, in Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas at 1,800–3,200 m altitude. Description It is a small tree growing to 10 m tall with ...

'' - Nelson's pinyon *''

Pinus occidentalis ''Pinus occidentalis'', also known as the Hispaniolan pine or Hispaniola pine, (or in Spanish: pino criollo ) is a pine tree endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Ecology It is the eponymous ...

'' - Hispaniolan pine *''

Pinus oocarpa ''Pinus oocarpa'' is a species of pine tree native to Mexico and Central America. It is the national tree of Honduras, where it is known as ocote. Common names include ocote chino, pino amarillo, pino avellano, Mexican yellow pine, egg-cone pine ...

'' - Egg-cone pine *''

Pinus patula ''Pinus patula'', commonly known as patula pine, spreading-leaved pine, or Mexican weeping pine, and in Spanish as ''pino patula'' or ''pino llorón'', (''patula'' Latin = “spreading”) is a tree native to the highlands of Mexico. It grows f ...

'' - Patula pine *''

Pinus orizabensis ''Pinus orizabensis'', the Orizaba pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, endemic to central Mexico. It is considered also as a sub-species of ''Pinus cembroides'' which is classified as ''Pinus cembroides'' subsp. ''orizabensis'' D.K.Baile ...

'' - Orizaba pinyon *''

Pinus pinceana ''Pinus pinceana'', with the common names weeping pinyon and Pince's pinyon pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. Distribution This pine species is endemic to Mexico, in the states of: Durango; northern Coahuila, Nuevo León, and ...

'' - Weeping pinyon *''

Pinus praetermissa ''Pinus praetermissa'', commonly known as McVaugh's pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. Originally classified as a variety of ''Pinus oocarpa'' (''P. oocarpa'' var. ''microphylla'') in 1909, it was promoted to specific status i ...

'' - McVaugh's pine *'' Pinus pringlei'' - Pringle's pine *'' Pinus pseudostrobus'' - Smooth-bark Mexican pine *''

Pinus quadrifolia ''Pinus quadrifolia'', the Parry pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group native to southernmost California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico, from 33° 30' N south to 30° 30' N. The Parry pinyon has a lifespan of aro ...

'' - Parry Pinyon *''

Pinus rzedowskii ''Pinus rzedowskii'', commonly known as Rzedowski's pine, is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is endemic to western Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the ...

'' - Rzedowski's pine *'' Pinus strobiformis'' - Chihuahua white pine *''

Pinus tecunumanii ''Pinus tecunumanii'' ( syn. ''Pinus oocarpa'' var. ''ochoterenae'' Martínez; ''Pinus patula'' Schiede & Deppe spp. ''tecunumanii'' Eguiluz & Perry) is a timber tree native to Mexico and Central America. It grows from the highlands of Chiapas a ...

'' - Tecun Uman pine *'' Pinus teocote'' - Teocote ine *''

Pinus tropicalis ''Pinus tropicalis'', the tropical pine, is a pine tree endemic to the western highlands of the island of Cuba. See also *Cuban pine forests The Cuban pine forests are a tropical coniferous forest ecoregion on the Caribbean islands of Cuba an ...

'' - Tropical pine

South America

*'' Pinus elliottii'' - Slash pine *''

'' - Patula pine *''

'' - Maritime pine *''

'' - Radiata pine

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