Tags: Conifer.
Pinus cubensis or Cuban pine is a pine endemic to the eastern highlands of the island of Cuba inhabiting both Sierra Nipe-Cristal and Sierra Maestra. The closely related Hispaniolan pine (P. occidentalis) native to the neighboring island of Hispaniola is treated as synonymous by some botanists. Modern systematic studies recognize P. cubensis it as a valid species nevertheless there is disagreement about whether the Sierra Maestra populations in the south are part of P.
