Pinus cembra distribution in the Romanian Carpathians

Amap with the distribution of the Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra L.) in Romania was never made. However, long time ago, some poor or confused data col- lected from the Romanian Carpathians were inserted in a compiled at European level map; but this map do not reflects the species real geographic distribution in the Romanian Carpathians. Consequently, a initiative to build up a not to far from reali- ty map was made. A comprehensive literature and field survey concerning Swiss stone pine natural distribution in Romania was made. Two other sources of informa- tion were used, such as: the senior author's direct field survey to localize the species populations and information obtained from people involved in this issue. Based on the acquired data, the species digital distribution map of the Romanian Carpathians, was in premiere made. Because the distribution boundary of the species encompass- es a large area, it does not mean that all hachured mountains and valley on the map are fully occupied by species.