limber pine

American  

noun

1. a pine, Pinus flexilis, of western North America, having light, soft wood used locally for railroad ties, poles, fuel, etc.

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limber pine

From lowest elevation to highest, this included ponderosa pine, piñon pine, Englemann spruce, Douglas fir and limber pine.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2023

Smithers took part of a day off to show me a site where he had done a study comparing bristlecone populations with those of the limber pine, another hardy species that grows at high altitudes.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020

The "limber pine" it is called, from the toughness of its fibre, which alone enables its long limbs to sustain the whipping they get.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

The limber pine has flowers like those of the white pine, except that they are rose-colored.

From Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Weschcke, Carl

The cones of the limber pine, which vary from three to seven inches in length, are purple, having thick rounded scales and being abruptly peaked at the apex.

From Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Weschcke, Carl