CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY TREE STUDY KIT
BISHOP PINE
Background for parent/teacher:
- Bishop pines have 2 needles in a bundle
- They are closed cone pines,
which means the cones open when a fire sweeps through.
Because of this trees in a given forest are usually
the same age and size.
- You can see how bishop pines regenerated at
Point Reyes in the area of the Inverness fire.
- See a mature bishop pine forest at Tomales Bay State Park.
