62. Shore Pine

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Both below Meany Hall, and across Stevens Way by Architecture Hall, are bushy Shore Pines. Besides being fairly compact and shrub-like in crown, shore pine bears 1-3 inch needles in pairs, and small prickly cones. Native in Seattle, this species is planted where "cast iron" hardiness is needed: plants that tolerate dry, exposed sites and wretched soil. Given good conditions, however, shore pine grows 100 feet tall, forming a rich green tree of beautiful form. Its mountain kindred the lodgepole pine is slender, thin-barked, with enough similarity in needles and cones to be considered a montane version of the same species.

Pictured below: Map of geographical range of Shore Pine.

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