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Pinus pinea

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Pinales » Pinaceae » Pinus pinea
Common name (English)
Stone pine
Common name (Greek)
Πε΄υκος ήμερος
Ηabitat
B1 Coastal Sand
I1 Arable
I2 Parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
G5 Anthropogenic woodlands
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X11 Large parks
Global distribution

12 BAL COR FRA-FR FRA-MO POR SAR SPA-SP 13 ALB GRC ITA-IT KRI SIC-SI YUG-CR 34 CYP EAI LBS-LB TUR 38062 0; Mediterranean Europe and Near East (doubtfully native in many areas of E Mediterranean) 38061 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Gardens and plantations in lowland areas, often on sandy ground; planted - no sites given for Division 3 (Meikle 1977; Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1878
Pathway
1 RELEASE IN NATURE - Landscape/flora/fauna improvement in the wild – L
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Forestry – For
Pathway detail

Cultivated during Roman years. Re-introduced by the British in 1878 (Georgiades 1995).

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol 1.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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