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California Pines is a census-designated place [4] in Modoc County, California. [2] It lies at an elevation of 4406 feet (1343 m). [ 2 ] Its population is 473 as of the 2020 census, down from 520 from the 2010 census.
The name Pinus coulteri comes from Latin for pine, and coulteri comes from its discoverer Thomas Coulter (1793–1843), an Irish botanist and physician. [9] Pinus coulteri was discovered by Dr. Coulter on the mountains of Santa Lucia, near the Mission of San Antonio, in latitude 36°, within sight of the sea and at an elevation of from 3000 to 4000 feet above its level.
The Pinus sabiniana tree typically grows to 36–45 feet (11–14 m), but can reach 105 feet (32 m) feet in height. The needles of the pine are in fascicles (bundles) of three, distinctively pale gray-green, sparse and drooping, and grow to 20–30 cm (8–12 inches) in length.
Modoc County (/ ˈ m oʊ d ɒ k / ⓘ) is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California.Its population is 8,700 as of the 2020 census, down from 9,686 from the 2010 census.
Pinus longaeva – bristlecone pines in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, California See also: Great Basin montane forests The Great Basin bristlecone pine ( Pinus longaeva ) trees grow between 9,800 and 11,000 feet (3,000–3,400 m) above sea level, in xeric alpine conditions, protected within the Inyo National Forest .
Ponderosa pines at Quartz Mountain Pass, Oregon The National Register of Big Trees lists a ponderosa pine that is 235 ft (72 metres) tall and 27 ft (8.2 m) in circumference. [ 22 ] In January 2011, a Pacific ponderosa pine in the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest in Oregon was measured with a laser to be 268 ft 4 in (81.79 m) high.
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The Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana) is a rare pine species in California, United States. It is a critically endangered species growing only in coastal San Diego County, and on Santa Rosa Island, offshore from Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara County. [3] The Torrey pine is endemic to the California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion. [4] [5]