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Pinus montezumae var. montezumae (Lowland fir; Giant fir; grand fir; Yellow fir; Lowland white fir)

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Language: Chi; Cze; Dut; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Nor; Rus; Spa

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium
Shade Percentage [1]  91 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Janka Hardness [3]  490 lbf (222 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Scent [2]  The crushed leaves have a fruity orange-flavoured aroma. The growing plant exudes a pungent, balsamic fragrance.
Specific Gravity [4]  0.37
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  The aromatic leaves are used as a moth repellent; The boughs have been used in the home as an incense; A pink dye can be obtained from the bark; The dried and hardened pitch can be chewed as a tooth cleanser; A powder made from the dried and crushed leaves was used as a baby powder by the N. American Indians; The bark can be used as a waterproof covering material for buildings and canoes; Wood - light, soft, coarse grained, not strong, not very durable. Used for interior work, cases, etc; Of little value as a lumber, it is used mainly for pulp and fuel;
Height [2]  246 feet (75 m)
Width [2]  26 feet (8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Water Use [1]  Low
View Plants For A Future Record : Pinus montezumae var. montezumae

Protected Areas

Predators

Consumers

Shelter for 
Arborimus pomo (Sonoma tree vole)[10]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 8Negron, Jose F. 1995. Cone and Seed Insects Associated with Piñon Pine. In: Shaw, Douglas W.; Aldon, Earl F.; LoSapio, Carol, technical coordinators. Desired future conditions for piñon- juniper ecosystems: Proceedings of the symposium; 1994 August 8-12; Flagstaff, AZ. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-258. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station: 97-106.
♦ 9Tamiasciurus douglasii, Michael A. Steele, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 630, pp. 1-8 (1999)
♦ 10Arborimus pomo, Michael D. Adam and John P. Hayes, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 593, pp. 1-5 (1998)
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0