Pinus occidentalis

Pinus occidentalis, also known as the Hispaniolan pine,^[1] Hispaniola pine^[2] or pino criollo,^[3] is a pine tree endemic to the island of Hispaniola^[4] (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Pinus occidentalis
Pinus occidentalis in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Pinus
Subgenus:	P. subg. Pinus
Section:	P. sect. Trifoliae
Subsection:	P. subsect. Australes
Species:	P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Pinus occidentalis Sw.
Natural range of Pinus occidentalis

Ecology

It is the eponymous species of the Hispaniolan pine forests ecosystem, in which it constitutes a majority of the biomass present.^[5] Another endemic species, the Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga), feeds almost exclusively on the cones of P. occidentalis.^{[6][page needed]}