Shore pine (Pinus contorta contorta)
This Northwest coastal native makes a terrific windbreak, and takes well to shearing (like Japanese pines).
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Shore Pine
Scientific Name: Pinus contorta var. contorta Zucc.
Synonym: Pinus boursieri, Pinus tenuis
Family: Pinaceae ...
Shore Pine Pinus contorta var. contorta Trunk, bark Main Page Previous Next Info ...
53. Shore Pine
(Pinus contorta var. contorta)
Other Common Name: Beach Pine
Family: Pinaceae ...
Shore Pine (Pinus contorta)
Showy Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Showy Dryandra (Dryandra formosa)
Showy Forsythia (Forsythia 'Karl Sax')
Showy Orchid (Orchis spectabilis)
Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana) ...
Pinus contorta contorta - Shore Pine
Pinus contorta latifolia - Lodgepole Pine
Pinus coulteri - Coulter Pine; Bigcone Pine
Pinus echinata - Shortleaf Pine
Pinus edulis - Pinyon; Colorado Pinyon
Pinus elliotii - Slash Pine
Pinus flexilis - Limber Pine ...
Notes
Another variety of Pinus contorta (var. contorta), called shore pine, grows in a narrow band along the coast. It commonly grows as a short, scrubby, crooked tree. This two-needled pine has thick, deeply grooved, dark reddish-brown bark.
Picea abies (Norway spruce)
Pinus contorta var. contorta* (shore pine)
P. nigra* (European black pine)
P. radiata* (Monterey pine)
P. sylvestris (Scots pine)
Quercus ilex* (holm oak)
Thuja plicata (western red cedar) ...
Wonderful growing on our native maples (Acer macrophyllum) and shore pine (Pinus contorta).
Photographed in author's garden.
Pinus contorta ( Spaan's Dwarf Shore Pine )
Pinus coulteri ( Coulter Pine )
Pinus densiflora ( Ja-nome Pine ) ...
Pinus contorta comes in several subspecies ranging from high altitudes in the Sierra Nevada and other Western mountain ranges to the Pacific Coast, where it is known as shore pine or beach pine.
 See also: Pinus, Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Green, Abies
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