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