Common Names
Japanese stone pine (1), Kedrovy stlanik (=creeping cedar) [Russian] (2).Taxonomic notes
Syn: Pinus cembra var. pumila (1).Description
Range
Japan, Manchuria, N Korea, N Mongolia, Siberia E from Enisey River. "Introduced to Hibiny Mts. of Kolsky Peninsula. Forms broad belt just above timberline, pure or (on E coast) with alders or willows. In E and NE parts of its area and in cold intermontane valleys descends to sea level" (2).Big Tree
Although it never gets very tall, V. Dinets reports specimens with a crown up to 25-30 m in diameter, in Chara Valley, Transbaikalia (2).Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 10-Jan-1998.
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