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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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COMMON NAME
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Pinus mugo Turra.
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Mugo Pine
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PLANT FAMILY
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SIZE GROUP
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PLANT TYPE
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Pinaceae
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4-8
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evergreen tree
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GROWTH HABIT, RATE:
Variable growth habit, depends on cultivar, prostrate or pyramidal- low broad-spreading-bushy,
slow growth rate, usually broader than high.
ADAPTABILITY:
Deep, moist loam, sun or partial shade, tolerant of higher pH soils.
FUNCTIONS:
Foundation, massing, specimen, border.
PROBLEMS AND MAINTENANCE:
Scale and moths may require spraying. Prune to thicken and keep compact; problem
with plant outgrowing site in which it was placed.
NATIVE RANGE:
Southern Europe mountains
USEFUL RANGE (USDA Zones):
Zones 3-7
SUBSPECIES, VARIETIES, CULTIVARS:
var. mugo- shrubby type; var. pumilio-prostrate grower to 10 feet
wide; ssp. uncinata to 60 feet tall.
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