My journey of finding every single 5-needle pine species of Western North America (USA and Canada)

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ANTSPlantation

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This is something that I’ve been working on recently, trying to find every 5 needle pine species in western north america.
Here are all the trees that I will be looking for:

Canadian species:
High elevation long living ancient species:
Alpine Whitebark Pine [Endangered] (Pinus albicaulis) - Found
Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) - Found

Low elevation fast growing species:
Western White Pine (Pinus monticola) - Found

American Species:
High elevation long living ancient species:
Foxtail Pine [Near Threatened] (Pinus balfouriana) - not yet found
Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata) - found
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) - not yet found

Low elevation fast growing species:
Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana) - Found
South Western White Pine (Pinus strobiformis) - found

Special species (taxonomically unrelated to the rest of the 5 needle pines, seaside cliff species):
Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) [Critically Endangered] - Found

There are a few species in Mexico but I will not be looking for them: for now.

I will start posting pictures of the species I found so far.
 
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Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) in these locations: Albraham lake, Canmore, some random hogback ridge - Alberta

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Update: Might take a few more years for me to get Great Basin Bristlecone pine and Foxtail pine into here. Especially Foxtail pine is not easy to see up close. They live in very high elevations in high mountains in california, most specimens are only accessible by a 6-7 hour hike.
 
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