Pinaceae

Foxtail pine

Pinus balfouriana A.Murray bis & al.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus

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Foxtail pine: Young Pinus balfouriana , Trinity Alps Wilderness, Klamath Mountains, California. — Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (18)

Arabic: صنوبر بالفوريانا, صنوبر ذيل الثعلب
arz: صنوبر بالفوريانا
Belarusian: Сасна Бальфура
Catalan: Pi de cua de guineu
Chinese: 狐尾松
Czech: Borovice Balfourova
English: Foxtail pine
Estonian: Balfouri mänd
Finnish: Revonhäntämänty
French: Pin de Balfour
German: Fuchsschwanz-Kiefer
Hebrew: אורן בלפור
Icelandic: Skottfura
Japanese: フォックステイルパイン
Lithuanian: Lapuodegė pušis
Norwegian Bokmål: Revehalefuru
Russian: Сосна Бальфура
Ukrainian: Сосна Бальфура

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Trinity_Alps_Wilderness_with_Pinus_balfouriana.jpg : Tom Hilton derivative work:, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.