European black pine
The European black pine Pinus nigra is a variable species of pine, occurring across southern Europe from Spain to the Crimea, and also in Asia Minor, Cyprus, and locally in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa.
It is divided into two subspecies, each further subdivided into three varieties:
- Pinus nigra subsp. nigra in the east of the range, from Austria and the far north-east of Italy, east to the Crimea and Turkey
- Pinus nigra subsp. nigra var. nigra Austrian pine
- Pinus nigra subsp. nigra var. caramanica Turkish black pine
- Pinus nigra subsp. nigra var. pallasiana 'Crimean pine'\
- Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii in the west of the range, from peninsular Italy to Spain and north Africa
- Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. salzmannii Cevennes pine
- Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana (a.k.a. subsp. laricio) Corsican pine
- Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. mauretanica Atlas Mts black pine
