High-elevation white pine cone collections from the Great Basin of Nevada, California, & Utah on National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, National Park, and State lands, 2009 – 2013. Collected 40-50 cones/tree.
2009 (all on NFS land): 3 sites # trees Schell Creek Range, Cave Mtn., NV Pinus longaeva 100 Spring Mtns., Lee Canyon, NV Pinus longaeva 100 White Mtns., Boundary Peak, NV Pinus longaeva 100
2010 (all on NFS land except as noted): 7 sites Carson Range, Mt. Rose, NV Pinus albicaulis 23 Hawkins Peak, CA Pinus albicaulis 26 Luther Creek, CA Pinus lambertiana 15 Monitor Pass, CA Pinus lambertiana 25 Pine Forest Range, NV [BLM] Pinus albicaulis 20 Sweetwater Mtns., NV Pinus albicaulis 20 Wassuk Range, Corey Pk., NV [BLM] Pinus albicaulis 25
2011 (all on NFS land except as noted): 13 sites Fish Creek Range, NV [BLM] Pinus flexilis 25 Fish Creek Range, NV [BLM] Pinus longaeva 25 Grant Range, NV Pinus flexilis 25 Highland Range, NV [BLM] Pinus longaeva 25 Independence Mtns., NV Pinus albicaulis 17 Jarbidge Mtns., NV Pinus albicaulis 25 Pequop Mtns., NV [BLM] Pinus longaeva 25 Ruby Mtns., Lamoille Canyon, NV Pinus albicaulis 25 Ruby Mtns., Lamoille Canyon, NV Pinus flexilis 20 Schell Creek Range, Cave Mtn., NV Pinus flexilis 25 Sweetwater Mtns., NV Pinus flexilis 25 White Pine Range, Mt. Hamilton, NV Pinus flexilis 25 White Pine Range, Mt. Hamilton, NV Pinus longaeva 25
2012 (all on NFS land except as noted): 9 sites Black Mountain, Inyo NF, CA Pinus longaeva 23 Carson Range, LTBMU, NV Pinus albicaulis 25 Egan Range, Toiyabe NF, NV Pinus longaeva 25 Emma Lake, Toiyabe NF, CA Pinus albicaulis 25 Happy Valley, Fishlake NF, UT Pinus longaeva 25 Inyo Mtns., Tamarack Canyon, CA Pinus longaeva 25 Leavitt Lake, Toiyabe NF, CA Pinus albicaulis 25 Mt. Washington, GBNP, NV [FS/NPS] Pinus longaeva 25 Saddle Pass, Dixie NF, UT Pinus longaeva 25
2013 (all on NFS lands except as noted): 9 sites Spooner Summit, Toiyabe NF, NV Pinus lambertiana 25 Babbit Peak, Toiyabe NF, CA Pinus monticola 23 Dog Valley, Toiyabe NF, CA Pinus lambertiana 25 Owens Gorge, Inyo NF, CA Pinus flexilis 25 Pine Nut Range, Bald Mtn., NV [BLM] Pinus monticola 25 Slide Mtn., Toiyabe NF, CA Pinus monticola 25 South Lake, Inyo NF, CA Pinus albicaulis 5 Onion Valley, Inyo NF, CA Pinus albicaulis 5
Summary of Great Basin white pine cone collections by species and number of collection sites & trees:
Sites Trees
Pinus albicaulis 13 266
Pinus flexilis 7 170
Pinus lambertiana 4 90
Pinus longaeva 13 548
Pinus monticola 3 73 ______Totals 40 1147
Figure 1. High-elevation white pine cone collections from the Great Basin Province of California, Nevada, and Utah, made between 2009 and 2013. Collection sites are designated by purple diamonds (not including the Placerville and Yosemite sites, which are for reference only). Cone collections were funded by the USDA, Forest Service-Washington Office, Forest Health Management, and coordinated by the PSW Research Station, Institute of Forest Genetics, Placerville, CA, in collaboration with Nevada, California, and Utah National Forests, Great Basin National Park, the Bureau of Land Management, and Nevada and California State Parks. Seed extraction, processing, and packaging were performed at the Institute of Forest Genetics, for accession to the USDA, ARS, National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, Ft. Collins, CO; seed in excess of NCGRP needs are stored at the Institute of Forest Genetics in Placerville, CA.
Region 5 High-elevation White Pine Gene Conservation Collections
Limber Pine Goal: 2 conservation zones, 10 sites/zone, 5 trees/site # # # Forest District Collection Site trees cones seeds Owens Gorge 5 177 4611 Onion Valley 5 175 4391 Mt. Whitney/ Sabrina Basin 1 37 2616 White Mtn. Tamarack Cyn. Inyo Granite Pass 5 230 5536 Silver Cyn. 5 210 4005 Mammoth/ Lundy Cyn. Mono Lake Glass Mtn. 5 183 2980 Humboldt-Toiyabe Bridgeport Sweetwaters 5 169 5510 Sugarloaf Mtn. 5 142 4369 Mountaintop San Bernardino Cienaga Seca 5 146 5014 San Jacinto Tahquitz Peak 5 135 3603 Santa Rosa I.R. Toro Peak 5 151 3005 Angeles San Gabriel River Mt. Baden Powell 5 136 4967 Los Padres Mt. Pinos Sawmill Mtn. 5 108 1367
Foxtail Pine Goal: 2 conservation zones, 5 sites/zone, 10 trees/site # # # Forest District Collection Site trees cones seeds Salmon River/ Klamath Box Camp Mtn. 10 666 15473 Scott River Shasta-Trinity Weaverville Dorleska Mine 10 680 7075 North Yolla Bolly 10 596 9575 Mendocino Grindstone Mt. Linn ≈25 many 19700 Sequoia Kern River Sirretta Peak 10 577 14783 Onion Valley 10 515 8829 Mt. Whitney/ Inyo Red Lake 10 604 8371 White Mtn. Granite Pass 10 591 14527
Bristlecone Pine Goal: 1 conservation zone, 5 sites/zone, 10 trees/site # # # Forest District Collection Site trees cones seeds Patriarch Grove 10 ≈600 10007 Mt. Whitney/ Tamarack Cyn. 10 ≈600 10864 Inyo White Mtn. Schulman Grove 10 398 16995 Black Mtn. 10 463 6514
Whitebark Pine Goal: 3 conservation zones, 10 sites/zone, 5 trees/site # # # Forest District Collection Site trees cones seeds Warner Mtn/ Squaw Peak Modoc Devil’s Garden Eagle Peak Salmon River/ Klamath Bingham Lake Scott River Weaverville Caribou Lake Mt. Shasta-
Brewer Creek hi Shasta-Trinity Mt. Shasta Mt. Shasta-
Brewer Creek low Mt. Eddy Calaveras Highland Lakes 5 233 4383 Stanislaus Summit Sonora Pass 5 290 5288 Hawkins Peak 5 239 3127 Humboldt-Toiyabe Bridgeport Leavitt Lake 5 211 1807 Reading Peak 5 248 2525 Lassen Volcanic NP Lassen Peak 5 226 950 Onion Valley 5 172 2378 Mt. Whitney/ Brainerd Lake White Mtn. Inyo South Lake 5 156 1703 Mammoth/ June Mtn. 5 280 3160 Mono Lake Tioga Pass 5 353 15475 Mt. Givens Sierra High Sierra Island Lake Saddle Mtn. 5 249 4566 Yosemite NP Mt. Hoffman 5 223 2959