Pinus occidentalis

Swartz 1788

Common names

Hispaniola pine; Pino criollo [Spanish].

Taxonomic notes

Syn: P. occidentalis var. baorucoensis Silba 1985 (Farjon and Styles 1997).

Description

See Farjon and Styles (1997).

Range

Hispaniola: Haiti and the Dominican Republic at 200-3200 m in mixed or pure stands (Farjon and Styles 1997).

Big tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

I have a report of it in Puerto Rico, along Km.13-16 of Route 120, in Maricao Forest Reserve, where it may be introduced (Vladimir Dinets e-mail 2000.01.04).

Remarks

This species is the only known host for the dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium bicarinatum, which occurs mostly on Hispaniola (Hawksworth and Wiens 1996).

Citations

Swartz, O.P. 1788. Nova genera et species plantarum seu prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium. Stockholm-Uppsala. p.103.

See also