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 Pinus sibirica

Common Names

Siberian cedar; kedr (Russian) (2).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Pinus cembra var. sibirica (1).

Description

Range

Russia (the Urals and Siberia, excepting most of Yakutia and E coastal areas), China (Altai and Manchuria), N Mongolia. "Grows on wet W slopes and on wet soils, in pure stands or in association with Picea obovata and Abies sibirica ("black taiga") (2).

Big Tree

A specimen 48 m tall and 350 cm in diameter occurs on Kedrovy Pass in the Altai Mts. (2).

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Seeds locally harvested (2).

Observations

Remarks

This is another pine, like the piņon and P. albicaulis, that provides an important food source for local indigenous peoples and wildlife in the form of large, wingless seeds that are distributed primarily by birds - in this case, the Siberian nutcracker (Nucifraga nucifraga) (2).

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.
(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 10-Jan-1998.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/pi/pin/sibirica.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 21-Dec-98

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