White-Bark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in soups etc or can be added to cereal flours when making bread, biscuits, cakes etc. — Seed - raw or cooked.; They can also be ground into a powder and then used as a flavouring in soups etc or can be added to cereal flours when making bread, biscuits, cakes etc.; Large and sweetly-flavoured, the oil-rich seed is up to 9 x 7mm and has a thick shell.; It has a pleasant slightly resinous flavour.

Habitat & North American Range

Often found on rocky ridges and bluffs, it is reduced to a prostrate gnarled mat at the highest elevations and exposures, but the best specimens are found at lower elevations in sheltered canyons. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)