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Range of Pinus cubensis (1). Basemap from Expedia Maps.
Pinus cubensis Grisebach 1862

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Pinus occidentalis Swartz var. cubensis (Grisebach) Silba 1984; Pinus wrightii Engelmann 1880; Pinus maestrensis Bisse 1975; Pinus occidentalis var. maestrensis (Bisse) Silba 1990 (1).

Description

See (1).

Range

E Cuba: Sierra Maestra and Sierra de Nipe, E into the highlands terminating the eastern part of the island, also in foothills and coastal pine barrens at 100-900(-1200) m. Typical substrates include serpentine or other ferruginous soils ("Nipe latosol" or"Nipe clay"); coastal stands on alluvium. It usually forms pure, open stands and is often (as with almost all pines) invasive after disturbance. Climate wet/dry seasonal, with up to 1800 mm rainfall in the wet summer (1).

It is the only pine native to E Cuba (see below); no pines occur naturally between E Cuba and Pinar del Rio at the W end of the island (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Locally exploited for its timber (1).

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Farjon & Styles 1997.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/~earlecj/pi/pin/cub.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 7-Apr-1999

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