Editing Pinus flexilis (section)

== Distribution ==
The largest part of the limber pine's range is in the [[Rocky Mountains]], from southwest [[Alberta]]<ref name=":0" /> and southeastern [[British Columbia]] south through [[Colorado]] and [[New Mexico]] into the northern states of [[Mexico]]. It is also found through the [[Great Basin]]<ref name=":0" /> states of [[Nevada]] and [[Utah]], in the eastern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[White Mountains (California)|White Mountains]] of [[Northern California]], and in the [[San Bernardino Mountains|San Bernardino]] and [[San Gabriel Mountains]] of the [[Transverse Ranges]] in [[Southern California]]. Continuing south the species is found in the [[San Jacinto Mountains]], [[Santa Rosa Mountains (California)|Santa Rosa Mountains]],{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} and [[Hot Springs Mountain]]{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} of the [[Peninsular Ranges]]. There are small disjunct populations in eastern [[Oregon]], in western [[North Dakota]] and [[Nebraska]],<ref name="silvics">{{Silvics|volume=1|genus=Pinus|species=flexilis|first=Robert|last=Steele}}</ref> and in the [[Black Hills]] of [[South Dakota]].<ref name="fna">{{EFloras|1|233500936|Pinus flexilis|family=Pinaceae|first=Robert|last=Kral}}</ref><ref name="Moore2008" /> It is found at a wide range of altitudes depending on the latitude, from {{convert|850|to|3810|m|ft|abbr=on|sp=us}}. In the northern half of its range, it grows in the [[montane zone]] near the lower [[tree line]]; in the middle of its range between the [[45th parallel north|45th]] and [[40th parallel north|40th parallels]], it grows on windswept sites in the montane and [[subalpine zone]]s; and in the southern part of its range, it grows mainly at high elevations in the subalpine zone near the upper tree line.<ref name="silvics" /> It can more often be found at the outer fringes of a forest than in the forest itself.<ref name=":0" />