Lodgepole Pine - Subspecies

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of Pinus contorta, one of them with two varieties. All the four taxa are sometimes treated at the rank of variety.

• Pinus contorta subsp. contorta (Shore Pine) – Pacific Coast, southern Alaska to California
  • Pinus contorta subsp. contorta var. contorta (Shore Pine; syn. P. contorta var. contorta) – Pacific Coast, Alaska to northwest California
  • Pinus contorta subsp. contorta var. bolanderi ( Mendocino Shore Pine; syn. P. contorta var. bolanderi) – endemic to Mendocino, California Coast (Near Threatened by fires, development and overland vehicles.)
• Pinus contorta subsp. murrayana (Tamarack Pine or Sierra Lodgepole Pine; syn. P. contorta var. murrayana) – Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada and adjacent mountain ranges, Washington south to the San Bernardino Mountains and Transverse Ranges of Southern California, Spring Mountains in Nevada, and into northern Baja California Peninsular Ranges.

• Pinus contorta subsp. latifolia (Lodgepole Pine; syn. P. contorta var. latifolia) – Rocky Mountains, Yukon to Colorado, Saskatchewan Aspen parkland and boreal forest.