Editing Pinus roxburghii (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
[[File:Pinus Roxburgi Trees Murree.jpg|thumb|''Pinus roxburghii'' trees in [[Murree]], [[Pakistan]]]]
[[File:Pinus roxburghii Ranikhet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|''P. roxburghii'' forest in Uttarakhand, [[India]]]]

The native range extends from [[Tibet]] in [[China]] and [[Afghanistan]] through [[Pakistan]], across northern [[India]] (in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Sikkim]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]]), [[Nepal]] and [[Bhutan]], to [[Myanmar]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /><ref name="GRIN" /> It generally occurs at lower altitudes than other pines in the [[Himalayas]], from {{convert|500|-|2000|m|abbr=on}}, occasionally up to {{convert|2300|m|abbr=on}}. The other Himalayan pines are ''[[Pinus wallichiana|P.&nbsp;wallichiana]]'' (blue pine), ''[[Pinus bhutanica|P.&nbsp;bhutanica]]'' (Bhutan white pine), ''[[Pinus armandii|P.&nbsp;armandii]]'' (Chinese white pine), ''[[Pinus gerardiana|P.&nbsp;gerardiana]]'' (chilgoza pine), ''[[Pinus densata|P.&nbsp;densata]]'' (Sikang pine) and ''[[Pinus kesiya|P.&nbsp;kesiya]]'' (Khasi pine).