See other conspecific taxa:

• Pinus mugo var. mughus (0 accessions)
• Pinus mugo var. mugo (0 accessions)
• Pinus mugo var. pumilio (0 accessions)
• Pinus mugo var. rostrata (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• (=) Pinus montana Mill.

Common names:

• dwarf mountain pine  (Source: BSBI) - English
• mountain pine  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• mugo pine  (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - English
• scrub mountain pine  (Source: Man Conif) - English
• pin de montagne  (Source: HerbSpices) - French
• Krummholzkiefer  (Source: Zander ed14) - German
• Latschenkiefer  (Source: HerbSpices) - German
• pino montano  (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
• pino mugo  (Source: HerbSpices) - Italian
• bergtall  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Food additives: flavoring (fide Ency CNatIn)
• Environmental: erosion control (fide KrussmannC)
• Environmental: ornamental (fide KrussmannC)
• Materials: gum/resin (fide HerbSpices)
• Materials: lipids (used in pharmaceutical & cosmetic products fide Ency CNatIn)
• Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany (s.), Poland (s.), Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (w.)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania (n.), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria (w.), Croatia, Italy (n. & c.), Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s.e.)


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
3. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
5. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
6. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen Atlas florae europaeae. 1972- (Atlas Eur)
7. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983). 1985 (KrussmannC)
8. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn) 419.
9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
10. Ouden, P. den & B. K. Boom Manual of cultivated conifers. 1965 (Man Conif)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28493. Accessed 13 mayo 2024.