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Pinus pinea (stone pine)
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Top of page| Picture | Title | Caption | Copyright |
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| Umbrella-shaped crown | Adult stone pine typically exhibits this crown shape. Tree aged 100 years; 20 m high. Location: Tuscany, central Italy. | Andrea Cutini | |
| Young tree | A 20-year-old stone pine, showing the rounded crown shape. Tree height 7 m. Location: Tuscany, central Italy. | Andrea Cutini | |
| Low density stand | P. pinea stand, managed for multifunctional objectives. | Mercurio | |
| Bark | Adult P. pinea | Andrea Cutini | |
| Cone and shoot | Mature 3-year-old P. pinea cone and terminal shoot. | Mercurio | |
| Cones | P. pinea cones are laid out for drying, in order to collect seeds. | Mercurio | |
| Resin collection | This photograph shows the old method used to collect resin from P. pinea | Andrea Cutini |
Identity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Pinus pinea L.
Preferred Common Name
- stone pine
Variety
- Pinus pinea var. fragilis hort.
Other Scientific Names
- Pinus domestica Matthews
- Pinus sativa Lam.
International Common Names
- English: Italian stone pine; umbrella pine
- Spanish: pino pinonero; pino piñonero
- French: pignon; pin parasol; pin pignon
- Portuguese: pinhero manso
Local Common Names
- Germany: Pinie; Schirmpinie
- Italy: pino da pinoli; pino domestico
- Netherlands: parasolpijn; steenpijn
EPPO code
- PIUPN (Pinus pinea)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Gymnospermae
- Class: Pinopsida
- Family: Pinaceae
- Genus: Pinus
- Species: Pinus pinea
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid); Heterobasidion annosum; Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle); Hylurgus micklitzi; Macrophomina phaseolina (charcoal rot of bean/tobacco); Melampsora populnea; Monochamus galloprovincialis (pine sawyer); Mycosphaerella dearnessii (brown spot needle blight); Mycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma blight); Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine beetle); Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid); Pissodes validirostris (pine cone weevil); Sirex noctilio (woodwasp); Tomicus minor (lesser pine shoot beetle); Tomicus piniperda (common pine shoot beetle)Minor host of:
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt nematode); Cronartium flaccidum (Scots pine blister rust); Gibberella circinata (pitch canker); Gremmeniella abietina (Brunchorstia disease); Hylurgops palliatus (lesser spruce shoot beetle); Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle); Leptoglossus occidentalis (western conifer-seed bug); Pineus boerneri (pine woolly aphid); Pissodes castaneus (small banded pine weevil); Rhyacionia buoliana (European pine shoot moth); Sphaeropsis sapinea (Sphaeropsis blight); Thaumetopoea pityocampa (pine processionary)Associated with (not a host):
Tylenchorhynchus mediterraneusHost of (source - data mining):
Carphoborus henscheli; Cenangium ferruginosum (dieback: pine); Ips sexdentatus (six-toothed bark beetle); Leucaspis pusilla; Lophodermium seditiosum (needle cast: pines)Uses List
Top of pageEnvironmental
- Agroforestry
- Erosion control or dune stabilization
General
- Ornamental
Human food and beverage
- Seeds
Materials
- Gum/resin
- Miscellaneous materials
- Wood/timber
Wood Products
Top of pageBoats
Containers
- Crates
- Pallets
Roundwood
- Piles
- Pit props
- Roundwood structures
Sawn or hewn building timbers
- Carpentry/joinery (exterior/interior)
- For light construction
Wood wool
Wood-based materials
- Fibreboard
- Particleboard