Pinus laricio (AUSTRIAN PINE) 



A. Classification: 



Division VI. Spermatophyta. 

 Subdivision A. Gymnospermae. 

 Class I. Pinoideae. 



Order. Coniferales (cone-bearing plants). 

 Family. Pinaceae (pine family). 

 Genus. Pinus (the pines) . 

 Species, laricio (Austrian pine). 



B. Habitat: 



The Coniferales are widely distributed over the earth's 

 surface, often forming extensive forests. The genus 

 Pinus occurs in North America throughout Canada 

 and the northern United States, from the Atlantic to 

 the Pacific coasts. The white pine (Pinus Strobus) 

 occurs from Canada south along the Alleghanies to 

 Georgia, and west to Illinois and Iowa. The western 

 yellow pine (P. ponderosa) extends south to western 

 Nebraska, Texas, Mexico, and California. The long- 

 leaved or "Georgia pine" (P. palustris) is found near 

 the coast from Virginia to Florida, and Texas. The 

 spruce-pine (P. echinata) also occurs as far south as 

 Florida, and in Illinois, Kansas, and Texas. Consider- 

 able forests of it are found in southern Missouri. The 

 loblolly pine (P. tceda) extends along the coast from 

 Delaware to Texas and north up the Mississippi 

 Valley to Arkansas. Pinus laricio is not native to the 

 United States, but has been introduced into cultiva- 

 tion, as has also P. sylvestris, the "Scotch pine," of 

 northern Europe, and other species. 

 Pine wood was formerly one of the most valuable and 



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