Monterey Pine
Pinus radiata
Monterey pine is a fast-growing pine native to a few fog-bathed stretches of the California coast, though planted worldwide for timber. Best near the coast where summers stay cool and moist.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 120–120 ft
- Spacing
- 25–40 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- January, December
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
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