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Pinaceae (Pinus)



Pinus (albicaulis)


Pinaceae

Pine family


Pinus

albicaulis



Engelmann










Whitebark pine

PINALB


P. albicaulis is found at 1300 to 3700 m elevation; from British Colubia and Alberta to Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California, and south through the Rocky mountains to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.


plants

seed

Container (plug)


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Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy.

Seeds are cold moist stratified for 90 to 120 days. Germination occurs at 30D/20N C alternating temperature cycle.












Krugman, S. L. and Jenkinson, J. L. (1974). Pinus L. Pine. Pp. 598-638. In: C. S. Schopmeyer (Tech. Coord.). Seeds of woody plants in the United States. USDA. Forest Service. Agriculture Handbook No. 450.
Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology , Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Pinus albicaulis Engelmann plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/12/22). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.