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Aleppo Pine

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Aleppo Pine is a pine species native to the Mediterranean region, found from Morocco and Spain east through southern France, Italy, the Balkans, Turkey and the Levant. It is a drought tolerant, often twisted and low branching tree reaching 15 to 25 meters, well adapted to the hot dry summers and thin rocky soils typical of Mediterranean climates. The species is highly fire adapted, with cones that can remain closed on the tree for years before opening after fire or extreme heat, and it readily colonizes disturbed or burned ground. Aleppo Pine has long been used in reforestation programs across the Mediterranean basin and is a dominant component of many coastal pine forests in the region.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Scientific Name

Pinus halepensis 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 5

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Pinus halepensis (Wikidata)

In Ecosystem

Mediterranean Basin

Source Wikidata: Aleppo Pine

Additional Source Mediterranean Basin (Wikipedia)Article text

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Sources

1. Pinus halepensis (Wikipedia)

Article text
It is classed as an invasive species in South Africa.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Pinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo pine, also known as the Jerusalem pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae, a pine native to the Mediterranean region.

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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3. Pinus halepensis (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q211457 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Pinopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387

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"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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5. Aleppo Pine (Wikipedia)

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinus

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13220

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"cites_listing":"III/NC","eu_listing":"C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Pinaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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Mediterranean Basin (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Mediterranean Basin, Article text

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Among the endemic species prominent in the Mediterranean vegetation are the Aleppo pine, stone pine, Mediterranean cypress, bay laurel, Oriental sweetgum, holm oak, kermes oak, strawberry tree, Greek strawberry tree, mastic, terebinth, common myrtle, oleander, Acanthus mollis and Vitex agnus-castus.

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