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Luchu Pine

Pinus luchuensis

Also called Okinawa pine

Luchu Pine
Photo: タクナワン, CC0
Family
Pinaceae (Pine family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Nansei-shotō
Climate
subtropical

About

Pinus luchuensis, the Luchu pine, Ryukyu pine, or Okinawa pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae endemic to, and locally abundant in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It was once threatened by habitat loss in the wild, where it can be found growing in small stands near windy ocean shores. Having been harvested widely since the Second World War, the remaining stands are no longer commercially viable, except when cultivated for ornamental use.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinus luchuensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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