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.

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. A limber pine in Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon, has been documented as over 2,000 years old, and another one was confirmed at 1,140 years old.

2012年9月24日 · The fractured limestone provides a rare Oregon home for limber pine, a tree species more typical of storm-battered ridges high in the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains.

If you’re looking for an old monarch limber pine check the rock outcrops that were relatively flameproof. Limber pine needles are in bundles of 5, which make it relatively easy to identify with one exception. Whitebark pine also has its needles in groups of 5.

2023年7月2日 · Tree Rock is a limber pine discovered growing out of a boulder in 1868 when the Union Pacific Railroad build the railroad 50 feet from it. It's now in the middle of Interstate 80 about 30 miles west of Cheyenne.

Oldest Limber Pine. Some Colorado limber pines are more than 1,000 years old. There is one in South Park, Colorado that is estimated be to around 1,660 years old. One of the oldest limber pines is in Alberta, Canada. It has a girth of 185 inches and scientists estimate that it is close to 3,000 years old. Unique Shapes

The site was a molybdenum tailing pond buried in deep mine waste rock. One-year-old containerized limber pine, lodgepole pine, and Engelmann spruce seedlings were inoculated with 3 species of ectomycorrhizal fungi prior to outplanting.

The Limber Pine trail in Logan Canyon is a family friendly hike to visit an iconic old Limber Pine near Bear Lake. Here is information, a map, and trail guide for hiking the Limber Pine Trail in Logan Canyon.

2018年1月25日 · The oldest limber pine is estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old, and is located in Alberta, Canada (the oldest living bristlecone pine is estimated to be approximately 4,765 years old, for the record, and it lives in an undisclosed location in eastern California—in fact, it’s the oldest known living tree).

2024年12月5日 · Description of the evolution, biology, distribution, ecology, and uses of Pinus flexilis (limber pine).