Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve preserves North America's rarest pine tree, which thrives in harsh coastal conditions with unique adaptations.

Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability ...

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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 ...

Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability ...

There’s a chance the fire destroyed some of the endangered and namesake Torrey Pines that thrive here. The species is one of the rarest trees in the world and can only be found in the reserve and on ...

“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 ...