The Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis, is a species of pine tree-the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is also called Southwestern White Pine and Rocky Mountain White Pine.
A Limber Pine in Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon has been documented as over 2000 years old, and another one was confirmed at 1140 years old.
Read more about Limber Pine: Northwestern-Western Form—Pinus Flexilis, Southwestern Form —Pinus Reflexa, Related Species, Diseases, Cultivation, Wildlife
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)