Shore Pine
Pinus contorta var. contorta
Synonym: Pinus contorta ssp. contorta
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The photo at left shows shore pine growing amongst scots broom with Tillamook Bay as a backdrop. Photographed on the bay side of Bayocean Spit on the Oregon coast........May 22, 2009. The photo at right shows
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Shore pine just above the beach at Barview Jetty County Park on the northern Oregon coast........May 22, 2009.
Shore pine as seen on the bay side of Bayocean Spit on the Oregon coast........January 21, 2012.
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More shore pine images from the bay side of
Bayocean Spit on the Oregon coast........January 8, 2015.
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Shore pine as seen along the inland trail along the middle of the spit, Nehalem Bay State Park.......October 17, 2018.
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Shore pines as seen at left at Clay Meyers State Park on the Oregon coast..........December 9, 2017. The photo at right shows high heat, sun and east wind damage to young shore pines on the foredune at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area.......August 23, 2023. There have been several days of high temperatures (nearing or over 100 degrees F), with strong, drying east winds on the coast during the early 2020s.
Paul Slichter