Shore Pine, also called Lodgepole Pine, is most likely found in dry and open meadows, along shore and coastlines. A tree and a member of the Pinaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 12 as the single double needle
pine (others are the Ponderosa with 3 needle clumps and the White Pines with 5 needle clumps). Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant, native to the Cascadia Floristic Region. Note: rarely one comes across a strangely “contorted” contorta pine that may well be a cross with the eastern scrub (or Jack) pine, perhaps assisted in migration by humans here and there; see below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_pine
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stunning-discovery-proves-vikings-reached-150000801.html
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Pinus+contorta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_contorta
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Pinus%20contorta
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-12.pdf
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Pinus&Species=contorta&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
The Shore Pine (and its straighter, taller cousin the Lodgepole Pine) has its needles in clumps of:
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