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Or Arolla (Stone Pine), a five needle pine. A pioneer tree which grows at the upper limit of forest, around 2000-2200 m. The most winter hardy, able to whithstand minus 40°C !
Pinus sabiniana - The so-called candles, the new shoots of the pines, appears at this taxon already in the autumn and the growth will be completed only next spring!
Ordo Pinales Dumort., Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11. 1829 (formerly Coniferales)
Subordo Pinineae Vines, Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 483. 1895
Familia Pinaceae Spreng. ex Rudolphi, Syst. Orb. Veg.: 35. 1830
Subfamilia Pinoideae Link, Handbuch 2: 476. 1831
Tribus Pineae Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. Fl. German. 2: 538. 1825
Subtribus Pininae (Link) Berg & C.F. Schmidt, Darstell. Beschr. Off. Gew. 1: 8d. 1858
Genus Pinus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1000. 1753
Subgenus Pinus (Diploxylon)
Section Trifoliae Duhamel
Subsection Ponderosae Louden
Pinus sabiniana Douglas ex D.Don, Lambert, Descr. Pinus [ed. 3]. 2: unnumbered page between 144 and 145, plate 80. 1832
Vernacular names:
Digger-Kiefer oder Sabines-Kiefer
Ghost Pine, Gray Pine, California Foothill Pine, Bull Pine, See-through Pine
Pin gris de Californie
in Californian native languages:
Achumawi – tujhalo; Chimariko – hatcho; Karuk – axyúsip; Klamath - gapga; Konkow – tä-nē’; Maidu – towáni; Mono - tunah, Patwin – tuwa, sanank (pinenut); Southern Sierra Miwok - sakky
Wappo - náyo; Wintu - xisi (unripe pinenut), chati (ripe pinenut); Yana - c’ala’i
Because the foliage is gray green, lacy, fairly open it is sometimes called the 'See-through Pine'
It has widely been named digger pine due to its wide use by Native American tribes collectively and colloquially referred to as "diggers." However, that term has fallen into disgrace. As explained by Hunter (1991): "many Native Americans find the term digger offensive. A spokesman, who requests anonymity, for the California State Native American Heritage Commission says, "The word `digger' is very derogatory and insulting to California Indian people." A historical interpreter, who also requests anonymity, for the California State Indian Museum in Sacramento agrees: "To call a California Indian a `digger' means you are either ignorant or you are purposely trying to insult him. It is a very derisive word." These observers concur in the opinion that "the term digger is as offensive to California's Native Americans as the term 'nigger' is to African Americans." The terms "foothills pine" or "gray pine" are now officially preferred. Christopher J. Earle
Habitat and Ecology:Pinus sabiniana grows in the summer-dry mountains and foothills that encircle the Central Valley of California, from the edge of the Mojave Desert to the slopes above the Pacific Ocean. Its altitudinal range is from 50 m to 1,800 m a.s.l. Annual precipitation varies much within its range, from 250 mm per annum near the desert to 1,780 mm at its upper limits in the Sierra Nevada. It grows inland from the coastal fog belt and does not tolerate hard frosts. Near the coast, it grows in the chaparral zone with ericaceous shrubs which is subject to frequent fires. On the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada it grows in the Upper Sonoran Life Zone, mainly accompanied by various species of Quercus, as it does at higher elevations in the Coast Ranges. Here Pinus coulteri can be an associate, in the north of its range it grows with Juniperus occidentalis. The woodlands with P. sabiniana are usually very open, with trees emerging from shrubs or standing in areas covered with sparse grasses and herbs. The heavy cones are predated by squirrels and jays, the former can detach cones from the trees and gnaw through the thick scales to obtain the seeds, the latter play a role in seed dispersal and germination.
The pilgrimage church of Ta' Pinu, on the island of Gozo in Malta, silhouetted in the early morning light
Santa Margherita di Pula, Sardinia .
Photo published in postcard by FotoEdizioni E.Spanu.
Foto pubblicata in cartolina da FotoEdizioni E.Spanu.
This beautiful pine stands by the wayside on the "Alp Egerten" on a gentle hill. By adapted use of the Alp with extensive grazing, there is a very large diversity of species here.
With the Pico de Teide in the background. At this elevation, about 1900 m above sea level, and in the drought of the relatively recent lava fields, Pinus canariensis grows at its fysiological limits. Higher up the mountains, it is replaced by scrubs and dwarf scrubs of the Spartocytisetea supranubii (in the background right).
Botanical Name: Pinus roxburghii
Common Name(s): चीड chir [Hindi]; 西藏长叶松 xu mi chang ye song [Chinese]; ചരളം [Malay]; Khote sallo [Nepali]; Sarala [Sanskrit]; Chir pine, Imodi pine.
Family: Pinaceae
Natural Distribution: Asia-temperate: China (Tibet (S)) & Western Asia (Afghanistan) + Asia-tropical: Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya - Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan & Sikkim, India - Uttar Pradesh, Nepal & West Himalaya - Himachal Pradesh & Jammu-Kashmir)...wow, what a mouthful!
IUCN Status: Least Concern
(www.iucnredlist.org/species/42412/2978347)
Date taken: 19.8.21
Taken in the White Hills Cemetery Bendigo (Victoria, Australia)...National Trust Victoria Significant Tree: T11373 (vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/search/nattrust_result_detail/70873) + Trust Trees Australia (trusttrees.org.au/tree/VIC/Bendigo/White_Hills_Cemetery_C...)...these male cones reminded me of a croquembouche!!!...see my Instagram post for more images (www.instagram.com/p/CSygehflB7V/?img_index=6)...Cheers JB
2012, Norway; Weymouth pine tree in Tøyen botanical garden.
Waymouthfuru i Tøyen botaniske hage.
Photo: Heidi Voss-Nilsen
The Ta' Pinu Sanctuary, just outside the village of Gharb in Gozo.
The National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu is a Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica built on the site of a 16th century chapel. The origins of the shrine that stands here now date back to 1883, when a local woman is reported to have heard the voice of the Virgin Mary in the old chapel. In following years, many miracles and acts of grace were reported at the site and the islanders decided to build a larger and more magnificent church on the site. Building began in 1922 and the church was consecrated in 1931. More recently, it has been visited by Pope John Paul II, who celebrated mass here in 1990, and Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.
Photo processing details: 4 landscape format raw files. 5 exposures at ½ stop increments from -1 to + 1 were created from each raw, then merged and tonemapped in Photomatix. The resulting files were then stitched in Panorama Maker and finished in Photoshop, using Topaz Detail and curves adj layers.
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Pinus longaeva, Site 5, adjacent to White Mountains Road, N slope of Campito Mountain and east of Campito Meadow, White Mountains, Mono Co., CA, 21 Jul 2019. This site is at about 10,800' elevation.
Setophaga pinus. This is a bird of pine forests in the eastern US. Unlike many other warblers it’s only a short distance migrant with most wintering in the southern US. I was a little late getting on to this bird as the group had spread out. Not quite the shot I wanted but at least it shows the wing bars.