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Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata)

  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 147411
  • Lifeform: Tree
  • Categories of Interest: Conifers
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Monterey Pine can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata)?

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Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden holds 6 accessions of Pinus radiata in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 5 accessions of Pinus radiata in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 1413 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden has collected 6 seed accessions of Pinus radiata from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Pinus radiata from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 4 maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Pinus radiata
Authority D. Don
Family Pinaceae
CPC Number 12142
ITIS 183372
USDA PIRA2
Duration Perennial
Common Names Monterey Pine | insignis pine | pino quebradizo
Associated Scientific Names Pinus radiata | Pinus insignis | Pinus radiata var. binata | Pinus adunca | Pinus californica | Pinus insignis var. laevigata | Pinus insignis var. macrocarpa | Pinus montereyensis | Pinus radiata subsp. insignis | Pinus radiata var. radiata | Pinus radiata var. tuberculata | Pinus rigida | Pinus sinclairii | Pinus tuberculata
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S1
Ecological Relationships

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