Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva)

Global Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Pinaceae
State: AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV
Nature Serve ID: 137730
Lifeform: Tree
Categories of Interest: Conifers
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Bristlecone Pine can be found in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico

Which CPC Partners conserve Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva)?

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 4 accessions of Pinus longaeva in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 3928 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 4 seed accessions of Pinus longaeva from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 41 maternal plants