Pinus attenuata

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Sectio: P. sect. Trifoliae
Subsectio: P. subsect. Oocarpae
Species: Pinus attenuata
Name

Pinus attenuata Lemmon, Mining and Scientific Press 64: 45 (1892).
Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Pinus tuberculata Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 218 (1849), nom. illeg., non D.Don (1836).
Heterotypic
Pinus californica Hartw., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 189 (1847), nom. illeg., non Loisel. (1812).
Pinus tuberculata var. acuta Mayr, Wald. Nordamer.: 275 (1889).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
Oregon
Southwestern U.S.A.
California
Mexico
Mexico Northwest.

Pinus attenuata Wood

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Links

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pinus attenuata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Farjon, A. 2013. Pinus attenuata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42343A2974092.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pinus attenuata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pinus attenuata. Published online. Accessed: 8 March 2021.

Vernacular names
العربية: صنوبر واهي
English: Knobcone Pine
español: Pino de Eldorado
français: Pin à cône en tubercule
hrvatski: Kvrgavi bor
íslenska: Hnúðfura
polski: Sosna sękata
русский: Сосна стройная

The knobcone pine, Pinus attenuata (also called Pinus tuberculata),[2] is a tree that grows in mild climates on poor soils. It ranges from the mountains of southern Oregon to Baja California with the greatest concentration in northern California and the Oregon-California border.[3]

Description

Individual specimens can live up to a century.[4] The crown is usually conical with a straight trunk. It reaches heights of 8–24 meters (26–79 feet),[5] but can be a shrub on especially poor sites. The bark is thin and smooth, flaky and gray-brown when young, becoming dark[4] gray-red-brown and shallowly furrowed into flat scaly ridges in age. The twigs are red-brown and often resinous. Its wood is knotty and of little interest for lumber.[4]

The leaves are in fascicles of three,[6] needle-like, yellow-green, twisted, and 9–15 centimeters (3+1⁄2–6 in) long. The cones are resin-sealed and irregularly shaped,[4] 8–16 cm (3+1⁄4–6+1⁄4 in) long and clustered in whorls of three to six on the branches. The scales end in a short stout prickle. Cones can sometimes be found attached to the trunk and larger branches.[4]

Distribution

The knobcone pine can be found growing in the dry, rocky soils of southern Oregon and northern California, between 300 and 750 m (980 and 2,460 ft) above sea level.[4] It forms nearly pure stands, preferring to grow where there is no competition.[4]
Ecology

On the coast, the knobcone pine may hybridize with bishop pine (Pinus muricata), and Monterey pine (Pinus radiata).

In the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, knobcone pine is often a co-dominant with blue oak (Quercus douglasii).[7]

The species is susceptible to fire, but this melts the cone resin, releasing seeds for regrowth.[4] The species seems to be shade intolerant.[4]
See also

Coulter pine
Pinus sabiniana

References

Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus attenuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42343A2974092. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42343A2974092.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Chase, J. Smeaton (1911). "Pinus tuberculata, Also called P. attenuta (Knob-cone-pine, Scrub-pine)". Cone-bearing Trees of the California Mountains. Eytel, Carl (illustrations). Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. pp. 32–34. LCCN 11004975. OCLC 3477527.
Moore, Gerry; Kershner, Bruce; Craig Tufts; Daniel Mathews; Gil Nelson; Spellenberg, Richard; Thieret, John W.; Terry Purinton; Block, Andrew (2008). National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America. New York: Sterling. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4027-3875-3.
Arno, Stephen F.; Hammerly, Ramona P. (2020) [1977]. Northwest Trees: Identifying & Understanding the Region's Native Trees (field guide ed.). Seattle: Mountaineers Books. pp. 58–61. ISBN 1-68051-329-X. OCLC 1141235469.
Earle, Christopher J., ed. (2018). "Pinus attenuata". The Gymnosperm Database.
eNature Field Guides (2007) Knobcone Pine

Hogan, C. Michael (2008). Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg