Fliying pinus species

Pinus wangii, commonly known as the Guangdong White Pine or Fliying Pinus (Chinese: 毛枝五针松), is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.

Distribution[edit]

This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China, where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture. It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.

Pinus wangii is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by continued logging. It is under second-class national protection in China.

This pinus species has a few characteristics that separate it from normal pinus.

Its roots get filled with oxygen during the photosinthesis proces, the pressure acumulates inside the roots and it can not scape. This proces eventually makes the roots of the pinus explode causing a movement of a few centimetres horizontally and vertically in the trunk of this three.
The wood of this pinus is the lightest wood in all pinuses allowing the previously menctioned movements.

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