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#198 most planted

Pinus

Pines

ConiferEvergreen
8,944
trees mapped
0.09%
of all named trees
32
cities
8.3 in
median trunk (21 cm, 7,524 measured)

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Pines are evergreen trees or shrubs characterized by needles in bunches and woody cones. They are widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting diverse environments including boreal forests and dry tropical forests. They are valued for timber and provide food for wildlife, with some species being fire-adapted.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Kelowna · Canada
    1,633—12 in
  2. Calgary · Canada
    1,085—4.7 in
  3. London · United Kingdom
    1,045—3.1 in
  4. Toronto · Canada
    726—12 in
  5. Longueuil · Canada
    639—9.3 in
  6. Melbourne · Australia
    44614 yr13 in
  7. New York City · United States
    416—8.0 in
  8. Montreal · Canada
    360—11 in
  9. Edmonton · Canada
    327—5.5 in
  10. Bogotá · Colombia
    286——
  11. Los Angeles · United States
    27429 yr12 in
  12. Berlin · Germany
    23142 yr14 in
  13. Helsinki · Finland
    209—5.9 in
  14. Copenhagen · Denmark
    205——
  15. Halifax · Canada
    180—9.3 in
  16. Paris · France
    167—8.1 in
  17. Ottawa · Canada
    152—10 in
  18. Denver · United States
    143—9.0 in
  19. Vancouver · Canada
    108—14 in
  20. San Francisco · United States
    99—6.0 in
  21. Victoria · Canada
    55—13 in
  22. Boston · United States
    48—9.5 in
  23. Ajax · Canada
    24—12 in
  24. Quebec City · Canada
    23—11 in
  25. Mississauga · Canada
    16—5.3 in
  26. Tokyo · Japan
    14—12 in
  27. Athens · Greece
    13——
  28. New Westminster · Canada
    9—8.3 in
  29. Buenos Aires · Argentina
    5—3.5 in
  30. Amsterdam · Netherlands
    3——
  31. Burlington · United States
    2——
  32. Washington, DC · United States
    1——

Traits

Form
Conifer
Foliage
Evergreen
Wildlife value
High

Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.3 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 21 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Other Pinus in the catalogue

51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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