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Closer to the interior, larch (Larix decidua), arolla pine (Pinus cembra), and scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) replaces P. mugo.

Alps conifer and mixed forests 2009

Stone pine (Pinus cembra) occurs at the alpine timberline in the highest mountain ranges (Tatras, Czornohora, Marmures, Făgăraş, Retezat) of the Carpathians.

Carpathian montane conifer forests 2008

Among the rare and protected plants of the Carpathians are several woody species: the stone pine Pinus cembra, mountain pine Pinus mugo, and the European yew Taxus baccata.

Carpathian montane conifer forests 2008

Terraces near the shore in the north are dominated by Dahurian larch Larix gmelina with Rhododendron dahuricum, grading on the eastern and western shores into forests of Siberian cembra or stone pine Pinus sibirica with Siberian larch Larix sibirica.

Lake Baikal Basin, Russian Federation 2008

In contrast, climax forests are dominated by stone pine Pinus cembra.

Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland 2008

At the timberline belt of the Tatras mixed Pinus cembra-Larix decidua forests grow, similar those in central Alps. Above timberline, (1400 m in the north-western Carpathians to 1900 m in the south), there is a distinct krummholz zone consisting of dense thickets of mountain pine (Pinus mugo), dwarf juniper (Juniperus communis subsp. nana) and green alder (Alnus viridis).

Carpathian montane conifer forests 2008

Age-dependent tree-ring growth responses to climate in Larix decidua and Pinus cembra.

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Increasing mean ring width was reported for Pinus cembra from the central Alps growing well below treeline Nicolussi et al.

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Increasing mean ring width was reported for Pinus cembra from the central Alps growing well below treeline Nicolussi et al.

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