Flora of Israel: Turkish pine

Pinus brutia, Brutia pine, Calabrian pine, Turkish pine,
Hebrew: אורן קפריסאי, Arabic: صنوبر قبرصي, Lubânah shâmîyah


Scientific name:		Pinus brutia Ten.
Common name:		Brutia pine, Cyprus pine, Calabrian cluster pine, Turkish pine
Hebrew name:		אורן קפריסאי ,אורן ברוטיה
Arabic name:		صنوبر قبرصي, Lubânah shâmîyah
Family:		Pinaceae, אורניים

_{Location: Judean Mountains}


Life form:		Phanerophyte, tree
Leaves:		Alternate, needle
Flowers:		Without perianth, cones
Flowering Period:		March, April, May
Habitat:		Mediterranean maquis and forest, Batha, Phrygana, Disturbed habitats
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:		Exotic, Planted, Escaped from cultivation
Summer shedding:		Perennating

_{Location: Judean Mountains}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Pinus, pitys, πιτυϛ, “a pine tree.”

brutia, Brutium, old name of Calabria. Brutium after an ancient Italic tribe that had occupied the land. Previously, it had been known as Enotria after another tribe.
The hebrew word: Oren, אורן, from Akkadian eirinu, cedar.

The standard author abbreviation Ten. is used to indicate Michele Tenore (1780 – 1861), an Italian botanist.

Pinus brutia was not part of the country’s native arboreal landscape. It was introduced into plantations in Eretz Israel from the 1930’s onwards, and today replaces Pinus halepensis in the country’s planted forests.

_{Location: Judean Mountains}