| Scientific Name: | Pinus contorta var. contorta |
| Common Name: | shore pine |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Irregular, Upright |
| Form: | Irregular, Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Forestry, Screening, Specimen plant, Wind break, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Fascicles, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Acicular, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Branching random, contorted; needles 2 per fascicle, 2-7cm long x 0.7-0.9(-1.1)mm wide, twisted, all surfaces with fine stomatal lines, margins finely serrulate; seed cones serotinous, broadly ovoid to globose when mature, (2-)3-6(-7.5)cm long, tan to pale red-brown, with off-centre axis, persistent; seeds about 5mm long, black, wing 10-14mm. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_contorta.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |