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Scots Pine

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Pinus sylvestris, commonly known as the Scots pine in English and the Scotch pine in the United States, is a species of tree in the pine family native to Eurasia, also occasionally called the Baltic pine or European red pine. It can readily be identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-green needles and distinctive orange-red bark.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Thick, flaky, orange-red bark when young, scaly and gray-brown in maturity 1

Scientific Name

Pinus sylvestris 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Scots Pine

In Biome

Source Pinus sylvestris (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Scots pine

Lead paragraph
Pinus sylvestris is a species of conifer, a pine, in the family Pinaceae.
Infobox: status
LC
Description
The bark is thick, flaky and orange-red when young to scaly and gray-brown in maturity, sometimes retaining the former on the upper portion.
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 295296
Pinus sylvestris is a species of conifer, a pine, in the family Pinaceae.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Pinus sylvestris (Wikipedia)

Uses
The pine has also been widely planted in New Zealand and much of the colder regions of North America; it was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600.
In Biome: Bog, Distribution and habitat
The species is mainly found on poorer, sandy soils, rocky outcrops, peat bogs or close to the forest limit.

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Pinus sylvestris

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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

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

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387

"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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Wikidata: Scots Pine

Wikidata Q133128, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Pinopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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

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

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13220

"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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