Plant Identification

  • Pinus
  • Pinacaeae
  • Gymnosperms
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    • Soft Pines

    . Needles are usually in fascicles of 5 and the cross-section of the needle shows one vascular bundle. The fascicle sheath is deciduous. Cone scales are usually thin at the apex and generally unarmed. Wood is generally soft with a gradual transition from early to late wood.

  • Eastern White Pine (P.strobus)
  • Western White Pine (P. monticola)
  • Sugar Pine (P.lambertiana)
  • Limber Pine (P. flexilis)
  • Whitebark Pine (P. albicaulis)
  • Bristlecone Pine (P. aristata)
  • Pinyon Pines