Pinus torreyana
Torrey pine · also Del Mar pine, Soledad pine
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The Torrey pine is a rare and critically endangered pine species native to coastal southwestern California. It grows slowly into a picturesque broad-canopied tree with long, gray-green needles. These trees thrive in cultivation outside their narrow native range and have low water needs.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1380.03%35 yr7.5 in
- 10.00%—12 in
- 10.00%—4.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 40–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–25 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 13 in, 90th percentile 36 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- California coastal sage and chaparral
Other Pinus in the catalogue
51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
