Arctic pinns biography

Pines are a large and important genus of conifers in the familyPinaceae. The Plant List of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden lists 126 species of pines,^[1] plus a lot of synonyms.^[2]

Pines live in almost the entire Northern Hemisphere.

In North America, they live in the southern part of Arctic to Nicaragua and Hispaniola.

Arctic pinns biography

In Europe, they live in areas from Portugal and Scotland to Russia. In Asia, they live in areas from Russia to Japan and the Philippines. They also live in the Himalayas, some northern parts of Africa, and north of Majorca (Mallorca) on the rugged mountains.

Pines are long-lived trees (rarely large shrubs), typically reaching heights of 5–70 metres tall and ages of 100–1,000 years, some even more.

Arctic pinns biography wikipedia

The longest-lived is the Great Basin bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva. One individual of this species, named "Methuselah", is the world's oldest living tree at around 4,600 years old. This tree can be