Beach Pine (Pinus contorta)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

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

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Sap/Syrup, Bark/Inner Bark

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste is not unpleasant, but it develops a strong taste of turpentine as the season advances. — Inner bark - raw or cooked.; It can be used fresh or dried.; It is mashed into a pulp and made into cakes then baked.; Harvested in early spring, the taste is not unpleasant, but it develops a strong taste of turpentine as the season advances.

Habitat & North American Range

Coastal dunes and sphagnum covered bogs to montane dry or moist areas. Trees growing inland are much larger than those growing near the coast. (Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)