Pinaceae
Pinus

Pinus sylvestris L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1000 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Russian Far East and Caucasus. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as a medicine and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42418/2978732

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Vernacular
Pino
[UPFC]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Pinus sylvestris is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -7.69, which places it in position 785 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 9.17, ranked 304. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

English
Scots Pine

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0