#280 most planted
Pinus halepensis
Aleppo pine · also Jerusalem pine
ConiferEvergreen
5,003
trees mapped
0.05%
of all named trees
8
cities
18 in
median trunk (46 cm, 4,503 measured)
35 yr
median age (75% have a planting date)
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The Aleppo pine is a drought-tolerant, two-needle pine from the Mediterranean region with a large, irregular canopy and broad spreading branches. This resilient pine tolerates poor soils, pollution, and salt spray, making it suitable for neglected urban environments.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3,7720.81%35 yr18 in
- 7702.9%—19 in
- 2963.6%——
- 1270.08%—5.6 in
- 190.01%—13 in
- 90.00%—17 in
- 60.00%—6.3 in
- 413.3%——
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30–60 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 18 in, mean 17 in, 90th percentile 30 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
- Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Balkan mixed forests
Other Pinus in the catalogue
51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
