bishop pine


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Noun1.bishop pine - two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coastbishop pine - two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast
pinon, pinyon - any of several low-growing pines of western North America
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Santa Cruz Island is the southernmost region for bishop pine forests and important nesting habitat for bald eagles, which were returned to the islands in 2002, following a 50-year local extinction due to DDT pesticides polluting the pelagic food web.
A Sauder corner computer desk under the Home Trends group was $99.66, and a Sauder computer armoire in a bishop pine finish was $49.96.
"The fire went through a significant portion of Bishop pine forest, which is very dependent on fire....The seeds [of the Bishop pine] have to fall in an area where they can reach the soil.
It supports scattered stands of Pinus contorta subspecies contorta (shore pine) and Pinus muricata (bishop pine).
The biggest Bishop pine of Mendocino County, California, lost 90 points when it was correctly measured above a fork under 4 1/2 feet but is still the king.
Prominent on his list was Sauder's Cottage Home computer armoire in Bishop pine finish with a folding office chair that fits inside the armoire.
About 90 miles north of San Francisco, the park's 6,000 acres take in both an astonishing coastline and uplands with coast redwood and bishop pine forests.
Sauder enjoyed heavy interest in its Bishop Pine finish, a rustic, hammered look found on its Cottage Home collection.