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Pinus canariensis
Also called Canary Pine, Canary Island pine, Canary Den
Canary Islands pine is a very large evergreen conifer that grows to 30 to 40 metres in its native range and is planted as a tall ornamental or street tree in warm climates. It needs full sun, good drainage and a mild, frost-free climate, and it is remarkably drought tolerant once established.
Pinus canariensis, the Canary Island pine or Canary pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. A pine, it is a large tree, endemic to the outer Canary Islands of the Atlantic Ocean.
The species is native and endemic to the outer Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, El Hierro and La Palma). It is a subtropical pine and does not tolerate low temperatures or hard frost, surviving temperatures down to about −6 to −10 °C (21 to 14 °F). Within its natural area, it grows under extremely variable rainfall regimes, from less than 300 millimetres (12 in) to several thousands, mostly due to differences in mist-capturing by the foliage. Under warm conditions, this is one of the most drought-tolerant pines, living even with less than 200 mm (8 in) of rainfall per year.
The tree's long needles make a significant contribution to the islands' water supply, trapping large amounts of cloud droplets as fog drip. This comes from the moist air coming off the Atlantic with the prevailing north eastern wind (locally called "alisios" or "tiempo norte"); the fog drip measured under trees can be up to 20 times the rainfall measured in the open away from trees at the same site. The condensation after dropping to the ground is quickly absorbed by the soil, and percolates down to the underground aquifers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinus canariensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
