Foxtail pine | |
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John Muir Trail, between Forester Pass and Wallace Creek, southern Sierra Nevada | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Pinus |
Subgenus: | P. subg. Strobus |
Section: | P. sect. Parrya |
Subsection: | P. subsect. Balfourianae |
Species: | P. balfouriana
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Binomial name | |
Pinus balfouriana Balf., 1853
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Natural range of Pinus balfouriana | |
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Pinus balfouriana, the foxtail pine, is a rare high-elevation pine that is endemic to California, United States. It is closely related to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain bristlecone pines, in the subsection Balfourianae.