VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Pinus coulteri | Coulter Pine 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
Coulter pine wood is rarely used except as fuelwood and second-grade
lumber [26,41,50].  It is light, weak, coarse-grained, and brittle [41].


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Females of the southern race of white-headed woodpeckers forage for
insects almost exclusively on lower main trunks of Coulter pine, while
male white-headed woodpeckers extensively use the cones [33].  The seeds
are also a dependable year-round food source for western gray squirrels
[7].  Black-tailed deer rarely browse even young trees [23].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
Coulter pine is used as an ornamental [23].  The cones are used for
decoration and crafts [26].

Coulter pine seeds were eaten by Native Americans [13,15,29,41].


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Coulter pine distribution has apparently decreased in recent years.
This may be due to past policies of fire suppression [55].  See the Fire
Effects frame for a discussion on this problem.

Annual grasses deplete moisture from the top layer of soil, which
decreases survival of young Coulter pine [12,23].  Mature Coulter pine,
however, are drought tolerant [23].

Coulter pine cone processing and tree planting methods are discussed in
the literature [23,31].  A discussion of damaging agents can also be
found in the literature [1,7,21,28].

Related categories for Species: Pinus coulteri | Coulter Pine