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Bristlecone Pine Fact Sheet

Family:  Pinaceae - Pine family
Latin name:  Pinus aristata
Common name:  Bristlecone pine

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Photo with pinecones © 2008 Steve Baskauf

There are only 2 plants listed in The Morton Arboretum online catalog.  They are together on the conifer walk at F-51/25-95 and F-52-25-10. They are long lived.

On occasions when I have photographed these trees they have been partly or totally shaded by the nearby White pine.

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