Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
Pinaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Alberta South to CA and TX
Location
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Conifer Slope
Source of plant
Coeur d'Alene Nursery, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Instutute of Ecosystem Studies, Edgewood Nursery, Weston Nurseries
Description
A medium sized tree of conical outline. Young shoots glabrous or shortly pubescent; winter buds ovoid,slender-pointed. Leaves in 5's, 3.5 to 7.5cm long, crowded towards the ends of the branches, entire, oralmost so. Cones conic, 8 to 15cm long, spreading.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
winter interest