Western white pine Pinus monticola | |
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Western white pine (center) | |
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. Quinquefoliae |
Subsection: | P. subsect. Strobus |
Species: | P. monticola
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Binomial name | |
Pinus monticola | |
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Western white pine (Pinus monticola), also called silver pine[4] and California mountain pine,[4] is a species of pine in the family Pinaceae. It occurs in mountain ranges of northwestern North America and is the state tree of Idaho.