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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Pinus monticola (Western White Pine)
Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Coniferophyta – Conifers Class Pinopsida Order Pinales Family Pinaceae – Pine family Genus Pinus L. – pine Species Pinus monticola Douglas ex D. Don – western white pine |
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A beautiful, tall pine, to 150,’ the Western White Pine is the State tree of Idaho. It is found at mid to low elevations through the Rocky Mountains from British Columbia to Montana and at high elevations along the Pacific coast. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soils and moisture levels and is hardy to USDA zone 4. This highly ornamental tree has gray scaly bark and blue-green needles from 2-4” long. The cones are 5" to 12" long and collected for crafts as they are beautiful and smooth. Photo lower left, mature Western White Pine at Reed College campus, Portland, Oregon. |
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