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Pinus

not marked as a favorite taxon Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus var. sylvestris. Common name: Scots Pine. Habitat: Cultivated and sometimes escaped or long persistent in settings where not obviously planted. Distribution: Native of Europe. Introduced and at least weakly naturalized south to MD (Kartesz 1999) and e. WV (Morton et al. 2004).

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Subgenus: Pinus. Section: Pinus. Subsection: Pinus.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Taxonomy Comments: Pinus sylvestris has 5 varieties recognized in its native range; only var. sylvestris has apparently been introduced in North America (POWO (2024).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA2, NSProv, POWO; = n/a — RAB, Tat; < Pinus sylvestris L. — C, F, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa. Basionym: Pinus sylvestris L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Pinus sylvestris var. sylvestris - FNA2

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