Editing Pinus mugo (section)

== Distribution ==
''Pinus mugo'' is native to the subalpine zones of the [[Pyrenees]], Alps, [[Ore Mountains]], [[Carpathians]], northern and central [[Apennines]], and higher [[Balkan Peninsula]] mountains{{Snd}}[[Rila]], [[Pirin]], [[Korab]], [[Accursed Mountains]], etc. It is usually found from {{convert|1000|-|2200|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, occasionally as low as {{convert|200|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the north of the range in Germany and Poland, and as high as {{convert|2700|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the south of the range in Bulgaria and the Pyrenees. Also in Kosovo it is found in [[Bjeshkët e Nemuna]] National Park.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

In Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic region, ''P.&nbsp;mugo'' was introduced in the late 1700s and the 1800s, when it was planted in coastal regions for [[sand dune stabilization]], and later as ornamental plants around residences. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the species has naturalised and become [[invasive species|invasive]], displacing fragile dune and dune heath habitats. In Estonia and Lithuania ''P.&nbsp;mugo'' only occasionally naturalises outside plantations, sometimes establishing in raised bogs.<ref>{{cite web |author=Henrik Jørgensen |date=25 October 2010 |title=NOBANIS – Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet Pinus mugo |url=https://www.nobanis.org/globalassets/speciesinfo/p/pinus-mugo/pinus_mugo.pdf |access-date=4 September 2020 |publisher=[[NOBANIS]] - Online Database of the European Network on Invasive Alien Species}}</ref>