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Pinus flexilis
limber pine / Rocky Mountain white pine

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InfradivisionGymnospermae

Family Name Pinaceae / pine

Botanical NamePinus flexilis

Common Names limber pine / Rocky Mountain white pine

Native Continents North America

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Native Range The Rocky Mountains, southwest Alberta and southeastern British Columbia south through Colorado and New Mexico into the northern states of Mexico. Also the Great Basin states of Nevada and Utah, eastern Sierra Nevada and White Mountains of Northern California, and San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains of the Transverse Ranges in Southern California. Continuing south in the San Jacinto Mountains, Santa Rosa Mountains, and Hot Springs Mountain of the Peninsular Ranges. Small disjunct populations in eastern Washington and Oregon, western North Dakota and Nebraska, and Black Hills of South Dakota.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

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Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests

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