Pinus sibirica Du Tour - Siberian Stone Pine - a well-known tree with edible nuts, "Siberian Cedrus", grows in the taiga zone and in mountains from NE European Russia to East Siberia and N Mongolia.

Subalpine Siberian stone pine parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass through the Seminskii mountain range, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998

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