In 1850 — the year California gained statehood — botanist Charles Parry identified the pine as a “unique species” and decided to name it after his friend John Torrey, another prominent ...

A year after a wildfire tore through the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve Extension in Del Mar, the landscape is healing ...

Botanist Charles C. Parry first documented the Torrey pine in 1850, recognizing its uniqueness among more common pine species, but its resemblance to other pines almost led to its destruction.

The plan includes several other upgrades during construction scheduled for the next two August-to-February periods ...

Botanist Charles C. Parry first documented the Torrey pine in 1850, recognizing its uniqueness among more common pine species, but its resemblance to other pines almost led to its destruction.

According to botanist John Thomas Howell’s “Marin Flora,” five pine species grow in Marin. Bishop pine, Monterey pine, knobcone pine, Torrey pine and Coulter pine can be distinguished from ...

"Around 1.2 million years ago, on the coast of California, Torrey pine colonized an island, and since then, this pine species has persisted through multiple glacial periods and, eventually, the ...

It’s a big job. The confluence of an elevated coastal cliff soils, cooled ocean air and the dewy marine layer create a microhabitat of pine woodland that’s exceedingly rare in developed Southern ...

"Around 1.2 million years ago, on the coast of California, Torrey pine colonized an island, and since then, this pine species has persisted through multiple glacial periods and, eventually, the ...