Siberian Pine, also known as Siberian cedar, kedr and Russian cedar, is
a species of pine tree that occurs in Siberia from 58°E in the Ural
Mountains east to 126°E in the Stanovoy Khrebet mountains in southern
Sakha Republic, and from Igarka at 68°N in the lower Yenisei valley,
south to 45°N in central Mongolia. In the north of its range, it grows
at low altitudes, typically 100-200 m, whereas further south, it is a
mountain tree, growing at 1,000-2,400 m altitude. It often reaches the
alpine tree line in this area.
The mature size is up to 30-40 m in height and 1.5 m in trunk diameter.It
is a member of the white pine group, Pinus Strobus.
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