Pinus balfouriana, the foxtail pine, is a rare high-elevation pine that is endemic to California, United States. One of three species of bristlecone pines (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus, subsection Balfourianae), P. balfouriana is closely related to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain bristlecone pines. Although these three species can hybridize in cultivation, their ranges do not overlap, and hybridization has not been demonstrated in wild populations.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Foxtail pine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Pinus
- Species
- Pinus balfouriana
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