''Pinus chiapensis'' is a

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. ''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...

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in the

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Pinaceae The Pinaceae (), or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as Cedrus, cedars, firs, Tsuga, hemlocks, Pinyon_pine, piñons, larches, pines and spruces. The family is incl ...

, and is commonly known as Chiapas pine, in Spanish as pino blanco, pinabete, or ocote. Chiapas pine was formerly considered to be a variant of ''

Pinus strobus ''Pinus strobus'', commonly called the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland, Canada, west ...

'', but is now understood to be a separate species.

Distribution

The tree is native to southern

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

, where it is found from . It is found in

Central American pine-oak forests Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

habitats, including in the

Sierra Madre de Chiapas The Sierra Madre is a major mountain range in Central America. It is known as the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mexico. It crosses El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. The Sierra Madre is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ...

. ''Pinus chiapensis'' can grow to a height of .Earle, Christopher J
''Pinus chiapensis''
The Gymnosperm Database . accessed 10 November 2013. ;Introduced

References

*Eguiluz T.1982. ''Clima y Distribución del género pinus en México''. Distrito Federal. Mexico. *Rzedowski J. 1983. ''Vegetación de México''. Distrito Federal, Mexico. *Dvorak, W. S., G. R. Hodge, E. A. Gutiérrez, L. F. Osorio, F. S. Malan and T. K. Stanger. 2000. ''Conservation and Testing of Tropical and Subtropical Forest Species by the CAMCORE Cooperative''. College of Natural Resources, NCSU. Raleigh, NC, U.S. chiapensis Trees of Northern America Trees of Guatemala Sierra Madre de Chiapas Plants described in 1964 Endangered biota of Mexico Endangered flora of North America Flora of the Central American pine–oak forests Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{conifer-stub

Distribution

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