What kind of pine tree is this?

[Alvaro]

I wasn’t sure where to put this post I’ts my first time posting here.
I need some help here, a friend gave me this tree that collected and I want to know what kind of tree it is, from what I read and the description I found in this article, it is a Limber pine -“This species of conifer can have multiple trunks. Older bark is gray and plate-like; thin and smooth on younger branches on the tree. Trees in windier regions will often have a pinkish bark color. Needles are 1 to 2 inches long and in bundles of four or five”

Conifers - Rocky Mountain National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[Mike Westervelt]

Where did it come from? could be limber or whitebark

 

[Alvaro]

I think he said from around Klondike Mountain around Nederland, CO

 

[Potawatomi13]

What is your location? Please add to profile. Does it have 5 needles?

 

[Shibui]

Need to check individual needles. Pine needles grow in bunches. Some species have 2 needles in each bunch, a few have 3 needles per bunch and others have 5.
See if you can get a real clear close up pic of the base of some needles or just count them yourself to see which group it fits into.
Working out the needle grouping eliminates a huge number of species and helps us get much closer to the ID.

 

[Alvaro]

What is your location? Please add to profile. Does it have 5 needles?

Denver, 5b, and yes it has 5 needles.

 

[Alvaro]

Need to check individual needles. Pine needles grow in bunches. Some species have 2 needles in each bunch, a few have 3 needles per bunch and others have 5.
See if you can get a real clear close up pic of the base of some needles or just count them yourself to see which group it fits into.
Working out the needle grouping eliminates a huge number of species and helps us get much closer to the ID.

Yes it has 5 needles here’s the picture

 

[0soyoung]

Limber then.


There aren't many 5-needle/white pines. And only one indigenous to the U.S. Rocky Mountain areas.

 

[ShadyStump]

When's there gonna be someone in Colorado near me so we hang out?

 

[penumbra]

Pinus flexilis, Rocky Mountain White Pine aka Limber Pine

 

[Alvaro]

Limber then.


There aren't many 5-needle/white pines. And only one indigenous to the U.S. Rocky Mountain areas.

Awesome thanks for the help!

 

[Alvaro]

Pinus flexilis, Rocky Mountain White Pine aka Limber Pine

Thanks