 | Pinus pumila Common NamesJapanese stone pine (1), Kedrovy stlanik (=creeping cedar) [Russian] (2).Taxonomic notesSyn: Pinus cembra var. pumila (1).DescriptionRangeJapan, Manchuria, N Korea, N Mongolia, Siberia E from Enisey River. "Introduced to Hibiny Mts. of Kolsky Peninsula. Forms broad belt just above timberline, pure or (on E coast) with alders or willows. In E and NE parts of its area and in cold intermontane valleys descends to sea level" (2).Big TreeAlthough it never gets very tall, V. Dinets reports specimens with a crown up to 25-30 m in diameter, in Chara Valley, Transbaikalia (2).OldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Silba 1986.(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 10-Jan-1998. |
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