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intact old cones in the litter beneath the trees. Its pollen cones are scarlet.

In Pinus flexilis, the cones are 6 - 12 cm long, green when immature, and open to release the seeds; the scales are not fragile. Their pollen cones are yellow, and there are usually intact old cones found beneath them.

Whitebark pine can also be hard to distinguish from the western white pine (Pinus monticola) in the absence of cones. However, whitebark pine needles are yellow-green and entire (smooth when

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