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Pinus flexilis, the limber pine, is a species of pine tree in the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is also called Rocky Mountain white pine.
Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), also known as white pine or Rocky Mountain white pine, is a long-lived, slow-growing tree of small to medium size. Its wood, light in weight, close-grained, and pale yellow, is used for rough construction, mine timbers, railroad ties, and poles.
Learn how The Morton Arboretum is ensuring the future of trees through leading-edge science and conservation. This under-used pine, native to the western United States, is more tolerant of alkaline soils than the Eastern white pine. The dark blue green needles help this tree stand out in the landscape.
Pinus flexilis, commonly called limber pine, is primarily found in the Rocky Mountains from Canada to New Mexico at elevations of 5,000 to 12,000 feet. It typically grows 25-60’ tall with a pyramidal habit maturing over time to a more rounded form.
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION: Limber pine occurs from Alberta and British Columbia south to California, Arizona, and New Mexico. It is scattered widely across the Great Basin in Utah, Nevada, and into Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. Isolated populations occur in the Dakotas [65, 69, 86, 104, 106] and Nebraska [30, 109].
Light gray, nearly smooth, becoming dark brown and cross-checkered with age into scaly plates and ridges. Tough, smooth and flexible.
Standing out in the landscape, Pinus flexilis (Limber Pine) is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree of pyramidal habit in youth, becoming more open, flat-topped and picturesque with age. It is often multi-stemmed with a straight to contorted trunk and forked, upswept branches.
Limber pines (Pinus flexilis) are five-needle pines that inhabit Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). Limber pines are a keystone species that provide important ecosystem services like facilitating forest establishment and succession, providing food sources for wildlife, and aiding in soil stability and snow retention.
Pinus flexilis, commonly called limber pine, is primarily found in the Rocky Mountains from Canada to New Mexico at elevations of 5,000 to 12,000 feet. It typically grows 25-60’ tall with a pyramidal habit maturing over time to a more rounded form.
Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) is a five needle subalpine tree found in the mountains and foothills in the western United States. It is named for the flexibility of its branches that can literally be tied in a knot.