Pinus flexilis |
Pinus engelmannii |
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limber pine, pin blanc de l'ouest |
Apache pine, Arizona longleaf pine, pino real |
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Habit | Trees to 26m; trunk to 2m diam., straight to contorted; crown conic, becoming rounded. | Trees to 35m; trunk to 0.6m diam., straight; crown irregularly rounded, rather thin. |
Bark | gray, nearly smooth, cross-checked in age into scaly plates and ridges. |
dark brown, at maturity deeply furrowed, ridges becoming yellowish, of narrow, elongate, scaly plates. |
Branches | spreading to ascending, often persistent to trunk base; twigs pale red-brown, puberulous (rarely glabrous), slightly resinous, aging gray, smooth. |
straight to ascending; twigs stout (1–2cm thick), pale gray-brown, aging darker brown, rough. |
Buds | ovoid, light red-brown, 0.9–1cm, resinous; lower scales ciliolate along margins. |
ovoid-conic, to 2cm, resinous; scale margins pale fringed. |
Leaves | 5 per fascicle, spreading to upcurved and ascending, persisting 5–6 years, 3–7cm × 1–1.5mm, pliant, dark green, abaxial surface with less conspicuous stomatal bands than adaxial surfaces, adaxial surfaces with strong, pale stomatal bands, margins finely serrulate, apex conic-acute to acuminate; sheath 1–1.5(–2)cm, shed early. |
3(–5) per fascicle, spreading-ascending, often drooping, forming a brush at twig tips, persisting 2 years, (20–)25–45cm × 2mm, dull green, all surfaces with fine stomatal lines, margins coarsely serrulate, apex conic-subulate; sheath 3–4cm, base persistent. |
Pollen cones | broadly ellipsoid-cylindric, ca. 15mm, pale red or yellow. |
cylindric, ca. 25mm, yellow to yellow-brown. |
Seed(s) | cones maturing in 2 years, shedding seeds and falling soon thereafter, spreading, symmetric, lance-ovoid before opening, cylindro-ovoid when open, 7–15cm, straw-colored, resinous, sessile to short-stalked, apophyses much thickened, strongly cross-keeled, umbo terminal, depressed. |
cones maturing in 2 years and shedding seeds soon thereafter, not persistent, terminal, sometimes curved, often asymmetric, lance-ovoid before opening, ovoid when open, 11–14cm, light dull brown, nearly sessile or short-stalked; apophyses rhombic, somewhat to quite elongate, strongly raised toward outer cone base, sometimes curved, strongly cross-keeled, narrowed to thick, curved, broadly triangular-based umbo, this often producing outcurved claw. |
2n | =24. |
=24. |
Pinus flexilis |
Pinus engelmannii |
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Habitat | High montane forests, often at timberline | High and dry mountain ranges, valleys, and plateaus |
Elevation | (1000–)1500–3600m ((3300–)4900–11800ft) | 1500–2500m (4900–8200ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC
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AZ; NM; Mexico
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Discussion | Pinus flexilis, much branched with a strongly tapering trunk, is little utilized because of its form and relative inaccessibility. It reportedly forms intermediates with P. strobiformis where the two overlap. The fresh-cut wood has the odor of turpentine. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
In general appearance Pinus engelmannii much resembles P. palustris with its short-persistent, long leaves (but in this species drooping) and in its tendency to form a grass stage. It has a deep taproot as do P. palustris and P. ponderosa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Pinaceae > Pinus | Pinaceae > Pinus |
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Synonyms | Apinus flexilis | P. macrophylla, P. apacheca, P. latifolia |
Name authority | E. James: Account Exped. Pittsburgh 2: 27, 35. (1823) | Carrière |
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