Distribution
The "wild" native population of Pinus torreyana is restricted to about 3000 trees growing in a narrow strip along the Southern California coast in San Diego. There is also a population of the variety Pinus torreyana var. insularis in a single grove on Santa Rosa Island, a California Channel Island off the coast of Santa Barbara.
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