This coniferous tree has a whitish trunk with plate-like scaly bark and ascending branches that form an open irregular conical habit. The small rigid dull green needles appear in clusters and the female cones are purplish brown.

Hardiness zones 4 to 9

Pinus albicaulisis naturally found in North America from British Columbia along the Rocky Mountains to Serra Nevada and California growing from an altitude of 1600m (5000ft) to 3300m (1000ft) and appearing in exposed rocky crags or on canyon walls.

It tolerates most well drained moderately fertile moist soils and grows in an open to exposed position and is wind, frost and mildly drought tolerant.

The Whitebark Pine is grown for its growth habit and whitish trunk. It is planted in parks and large gardens as a specimen or used as a wind break. It is suitable for coastal and mountainous regions establishing in 4 to 6 years and is long lived. It is also planted in commercial sites or used in farms as a shelter belt.ID 2731

Note:
The growth habit varies and the tree matures in 200 years and at high altitudes Pinus albicaulisforms a low spreading shrub.

Pinus (PY-nus) albicaulis(al-bee-KEW-lis)

Pinaceae(py-NAY-see-ee)
Larches, spruces, pines, firs, hemlocks and cedars