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The Torrey Pine tree is rare and different from other pine. The Torrey pine has two vascular bundle running through its needles and are five-needles. Its cones also does not mature in the same time frame like other pines. Other pines cones mature in two years and Torrey pine takes three. The Torrey pine holds the title of rarest pine in the United States. It can handle drought, wind and poor living conditions such as Torrey pines along the sea cliffs suffer from, roots are growing in poor sand which can hardly be called “soil.” The trees are blasted by storms and cooked in the sun which is why they are known as stubborn trees.

Posted on June 25, 2016 03:44 AM by inahmarie7