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Pinus contorta murryana
The lodgepole pine is a species of variable pine found in western North America. Among them, only the murryana subspecies shown of the Sierra Nevada Mountains opens its prickly cones upon maturity, the other varieties requiring the heat of fire to release seeds.
Spotted on Aug 4, 2014
Submitted on Aug 4, 2014
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