Pinus mugo

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Pinus mugo
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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: P. subsect. Pinus
Species:
P. mugo
Binomial name
Pinus mugo
Subspecies, cultivars, and forms [2]
List
  • P. mugo subsp. mugo Turra - Dwarf mountain pine
  • P. mugo subsp. rotundata Janch. & H. Neumayer
  • P. mugo subsp. uncinata(Ramond) Domin - Mountain pine
  • P. mugo nothosubsp. rotundata Janch. & H. Neumayer
  • P. mugo f. mughoides(Willk.) K.I.Chr.
  • P. mugoCompacta
  • P. mugoFrisia
  • P. mugoGnom
  • P. mugoHesse
  • P. mugoKobold
  • P. mugoKokarde
  • P. mugoMops
  • P. mugoPumilio
  • P. mugoSlavinii
  • P. mugoVariegata
  • P. mugoVirgata
Pinus mugo range.svg
Distribution map:
 Pinus mugo subsp. uncinata (syn. Pinus uncinata).
 Pinus mugo subsp. mugo and Pinus mugo subsp. rotundata.
Synonyms [3]
List
  • Pinus × obliqua var. centrapedunculata Woerl.
  • Pinus applanata (Booth ex Loudon) Willk.
  • Pinus digenea Wettst. nom. illeg.
  • Pinus echinata Carrière nom. inval.
  • Pinus fischeri Booth ex P.Laws. nom. illeg.
  • Pinus magellensis Schouw
  • Pinus montana Mill.
  • Pinus mugho Laichard. [Spelling variant]
  • Pinus mughus Scop.
  • Pinus obliqua var. centrapedunculata Woerl.
  • Pinus pumilio (Haenke in Jirazek et al) Franco
  • Pinus pumilio Haenke
  • Pinus rostrata K.Koch nom. inval.
  • Pinus rubriflora Loudon ex Gordon nom. inval.
  • Pinus sanguinea Lapeyr.
  • Pinus squamosa Bosc ex Loudon
  • Pinus sylvestris var. montana (Mill.) Aiton
  • Pinus sylvestris var. montana (Mill.) Dum. Cours.
  • Pinus sylvestris var. montana (Mill.) Wahlenb.
  • Pinus sylvestris var. palustris Hagenb.
  • Pinus sylvestris var. pumilio (Haenke) Gaudin
  • Pinus wettsteinii Fritsch

Pinus mugo, known as dwarf mountain pine, [4] mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine, [5] bog pine, creeping pine, [6] or mugo pine, [7] is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Description

The tree has dark green leaves ("needles") in pairs, 3–7 centimetres (1+142+34 inches) long.

The cones are nut-brown, 2.5–5.5 cm (1–2+18 in) long.

Taxonomy

There are three subspecies: [8]

An old name for the species, Pinus montana, is still occasionally seen, and a typographical error "mugho" (first made in a prominent 18th-century encyclopedia) is still often repeated.[ citation needed ]

Distribution

Pinus mugo is native to the subalpine zones of the Pyrenees, Alps, Ore Mountains, Carpathians, northern and central Apennines, and higher Balkan Peninsula mountains  Rila, Pirin, Korab, Accursed Mountains, etc. It is usually found from 1,000–2,200 m (3,281–7,218 ft), occasionally as low as 200 m (656 ft) in the north of the range in Germany and Poland, and as high as 2,700 m (8,858 ft) in the south of the range in Bulgaria and the Pyrenees. Also in Kosovo it is found in Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park.[ citation needed ]

In Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic region, P. mugo was introduced in the late 1700s and the 1800s, when it was planted in coastal regions for sand dune stabilization, and later as ornamental plants around residences. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the species has naturalised and become invasive, displacing fragile dune and dune heath habitats. In Estonia and Lithuania P. mugo only occasionally naturalises outside plantations, sometimes establishing in raised bogs. [9]

Ecology

Pinus mugo is classed as a wilding conifer, and spreads as an invasive species in the high country of New Zealand,[ citation needed ] coastal Denmark, and other areas of Scandinavia.

Cultivation

Pinus mugo is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use as a small tree or shrub, planted in gardens and in larger pots and planters. It is also used in Japanese garden style landscapes, and for larger bonsai specimens. In Kosovo, its trunk is used as construction material for the vernacular architecture in the mountains called "Bosonica".[ citation needed ]

Cultivars

Numerous cultivars have been selected. The following have been given the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: [10]

Cultivars with seasonal changes in foliage color include Pinus mugo 'Wintergold' and Pinus mugo 'Ophir'.

Uses

The mugo pine is used in cooking. The cones can be made into a syrup called "pinecone syrup", [15] "pine cone syrup", [16] or mugolio. Buds and young cones are harvested from the wild in the spring and left to dry in the sun over the summer and into autumn. The cones and buds gradually drip syrup, which is then boiled down to a concentrate and combined with sugar. [17] [18] Alternatively, the pinecones can be macerated in sugar, fermented, and strained. [19]

See also

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