Pinus pinaster

Pinus pinaster
Pinus pinaster in Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Section: P. sect. Pinus
Subsection: Pinus subsect. Pinaster
Species:
P. pinaster
Binomial name
Pinus pinaster
Distribution map
Synonyms
  • Pinus maritima Du Roi
  • Pinus maritima var. alterna Dum.Cours.
  • Pinus neglecta H.Low ex Godr.
  • Pinus pinaster var. minor (Loisel.) Rouy, 1913

Pinus pinaster, the maritime pine is a pine native to the south Atlantic Europe region and parts of the western Mediterranean. It is a fast growing hard pine with long needles and large cones with medium-sized seeds with large wings.