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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
  5. Conifers
  6. Pine Family
  7. Pines
  8. Foxtail and Bristlecone Pines
  9. Great Basin Bristlecone Pine

species 5,735 observations

Great Basin Bristlecone Pine

Pinus longaeva

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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46 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Spruce Budworm Moth, Polyphemus Moth, Douglas-fir Tussock Moth, Pale Beauty 28
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Ribbed Pine Borer 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eastern Fox Squirrel, American Red Squirrel, White-spotted Sawyer, Pine Grosbeak 14
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Habropoda depressa 1
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Perilampus hyalinus, Monodontomerus 2

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

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