Common name
English: Chinese pine
German: Chinesische Kiefer
Mandarin: 油松 (you song)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Pinophyta (22)
Class: Pinopsida (36)
Order: Pinales (35)
Family: Pinaceae (18)
Genus: Pinus (10)
Epithet: tabuliformis Carrière (1)
Synonyms: Pinus leucosperma Maxim., Pinus taihangshanensis Hu & T.Y.Yao, Pinus tokunagae Nakai
leucosperma => with white (smooth, glossy) seeds
tabuliformis => flat shaped
taihangshanensis => from the Taihangshan Gorge located in the Shanxi province of P.R. China
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree