Pinus pinaster Aiton, 1789

Common names

🇬🇧 Cluster pine, Maritime Pine
🇫🇷 Pin maritime, Pin mésogéen, Pin des Landes

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass : Pinidae
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Subfamily: Pinoideae
Tribe: Pineae
Genus: Pinus
Species: Pinus pinaster

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. pinaster subsp. escarena (Risso) K.Richt., 1890;
P. pinaster subsp. pinaster Aiton, 1789, P;
P. pinaster subsp. renoui (Villar) Maire, 1952.

Photographs

img/pinus-pinaster.webp — Pinus pinaster

img/pinus-pinaster-2.webp — Pinus pinaster - Bark

img/pinus-pinaster-4.webp — Pinus pinaster - Female cone

img/pinus-pinaster-3.webp — Pinus pinaster - Dry female cones

img/pinus-pinaster-5.webp — Pinus pinaster - Buds

Sources

Farjon, A., & Chadburn, H. (2016). Pinus pinaster (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2016. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42390/95845703
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 39). Biotope.