Pinus torreyana subsp. torreyana
Common names: Mainland Torrey pine
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Trees to 15m in native stands (to 23m in sheltered sites); mature crown of sheltered trees narrower than tree height, fairly open in natural sites. Seed-cones mostly broadly ovoid, as broad as long or longer, mostly less than 13.5cm; umbos mostly shorter than 6mm, terminal portion curved outward. Seeds to 12mm wide, averaging less than 11mm, light to medium brown with dark mottling. 2n =24.
Habitat: Dry fogbelt zone on eroding, mostly dry slopes
Elevation: 0–125m
Discussion
Pinus torreyana subsp. torreyana occurs naturally only in a relict stand near Del Mar, California.
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"relatively thin" is not a number.
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inverted +
resinous +
acute +
exposed +
dome--shaped +
thick +
furrowed +
redbrown;purple-red +
plated +
included +
irregular +
spreading-ascending +
candelabra-like +
pale-brown +
conspicuous +
Mainland Torrey pine +
symmetric +
yellow;redbrown +
persisting +
maturing +
lateral +
lustrous +
ovoid +
massive +
6;10 +
irregular +
Calif. +
persisting +
convergent +
low +
developed +
twisted +
gray-green +
persisting +
dimorphic +
juvenile +
spreading;ascending +
dull +
scale-like +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
fine +
serrulate +
crooked +
clustered +
yellow +
maturing +
axillary +
ovoid +
spheric +
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persistent +
Sp. Pl. +
1855 +
curved-tipped +
absent +
irregular +
layered +
elongate +
unspecialized +
fibrous;woody +
overlapping +
persistent +
free +
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1;3 +
compound +
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pendent;more or less erect +
obovoid +
persistent +
dimorphic +
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4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
native +
older +
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thickened +
Pinus torreyana subsp. torreyana +
Pinus torreyana +
subspecies +
curved +
mature +
narrower than tree height +
sheltered +
0m;1m +
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central +
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evergreen +
aromatic +
monoecious +
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