Of the four subspecies of Pinus contorta, the "shore pine" grows on the Pacific Coast, from southern Alaska to northwest California, and the "lodgepole pine"  grows in the Rocky Mountains, from Colorado to Yukon and Saskatchewan.
Of the four subspecies of Pinus contorta, the "shore pine" grows on the Pacific Coast, from southern Alaska to northwest California, and the "lodgepole pine"  grows in the Rocky Mountains, from Colorado to Yukon and Saskatchewan.