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Jelecote pine

Planted at high altitudes in Ecuador , Bolivia, Colombia , Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii , in Hawaii it is replacing the native alpine grassland. It is cultivated in at lower altitudes than its origin country: Southern Brazil, South Africa, India, and in the Argentine provinces of Córdoba and San Luis it is planted for forestation purposes for creating forest in lands originally covered by bushland. It has been introduced near sea level : New South Wales, Australia, where it spreads naturally by wind and is very favored because rainfalls are more abundant in summer. It was also introduced in New Zealand with commercial purposes is fully naturalized. It is cultivated in United Kingdom as ornamental where it grows well.

Patula Pine, Pinus patula (Mexican weeping pine, pino llorón in Spanish)(patula Latin = spreading) is a tree native to Mexico. It grows from 24° to 18° North latitude and 1800 to 2700 m above sea level. 30 m tall. It does not stand long periods of temperatures as low as –10°C, but occasionally it resist them and even lower. It is moderately drought-tolerant, in this scope is superior than Pinus taeda. More

Nomenclatural information about Pinus patula is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). - Impacts - Pinus patula (Pinaceae): species information from GCW Information on Pinus patula as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW). More

Pinus patula - (Mexican Yellow Pine) Selling Size Price Source Quantity Purchase Seeds 01 lb. $66. More