Shore Pine
Pinus contorta var. contorta
Pinaceae · coniferous tree · native
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Pinus contorta var. contorta (Pinaceae) is the coastal variety of lodgepole pine, native to a narrow strip from Alaska to northern California along the immediate coast. It grows 40 to 50 feet tall, often developing the twisted, windswept form for which the species is named. It is typically shorter and more compact than the inland variety.
Shore pine tolerates salt spray, sandy soils, and exposure to coastal winds. It is more adaptable to lowland garden conditions than the inland variety. It serves well as a windbreak or screen in coastal settings. Hardy in Zones 7a to 8b.
Quick Facts
Height
40–50 ft
Light
Full Sun
Hardiness
Zone Zones 7a–8b
Origin
Pacific Northwest native
Diseases (26)
Endocronartium harknessii Western Gall Rust Cronartium ribicola White Pine Blister Rust Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Lophodermium spp. Lophodermium Needle Cast Lophodermella concolor Lophodermella Needle Cast Elytroderma deformans Elytroderma Needle Cast Arceuthobium spp. (parasitic plant) Dwarf Mistletoe Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Symptom category — not a single disease Canker Cyclaneusma minus Cyclaneusma Needle Cast Several soilborne Damping-off Dothistroma septosporum (and/or D Dothistroma Needle Blight (Red Band) Botrytis cinerea Gray Mold Heterobasidion annosum Heterobasidion Root Disease In most Hypocotyl Rot and Root Rot Davisomycella medusa Medusa Needle Blight Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast Gymnosporangium spp. Needle Rusts Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Pine Wilt Armillaria ostoyae Root Rot (Armillaria ostoyae) Phytophthora spp. Root Rot (Phytophthora spp.) Excess sodium chloride Salt Damage Sirococcus conigenus Sirococcus Shoot Blight Stem decay Stem Decay Diaporthe vaccinii or Diplodia tip blight agents Tip Blight Diaporthe vaccinii Twig Blight
Pests (23)
Eriophyidae Eriophyid mite Pineus strobi Pine bark adelgid Dioryctria spp. Coneworm Pine Aphid Pissodes strobi White pine weevil Tetranychidae Spider mite Synanthedon sequoiae Sequoia pitch moth Pine Needle Sheathminer Pine Sheath Miner Chionaspis pinifoliae Pine needle scale Pine Butterfly Coloradia pandora Pandora moth Dendroctonus ponderosae Mountain pine beetle Rhyacionia buoliana European pine shoot moth Nuculaspis californica Black pineleaf scale Coneworm and shoot moth Cinara spp. Giant conifer aphid Zelleria haimbachi Pine needle sheathminer Neodiprion spp. Pine sawfly Neophasia menapia Pine white butterfly Eulachnus agilis Powdery pine needle aphid Otiorhynchus spp. Root weevil Schizolachnus piniradiatae Woolly pine needle aphid Pine sheath miner