Pinus sabiniana (sometimes spelled P. sabineana), with vernacular names including foothill pine, gray pine, and digger pine, is a pine endemic to California in the United States. Some sources discourage using the name "digger pine", considering it pejorative.
The Pinus sabiniana tree typically grows to 36â45 feet (11â14 m), but can reach 105 feet (32 m) feet in height. The needles of the pine are in fascicles (bundles) of three, distinctively pale gray-green, sparse and drooping, and grow to 20â30 cm (8â12 inches) in length. The seed cones are large and heavy, 12â35 cm (4 3â4â13 3â4 inches) in length and almost as wide as they are long.
When fresh, they weigh from 0.3 to 0.7 kilograms (0.7 to 1.5 lb), rarely over 1 kilogram (2.2 lb).[9] The male cones grow at the base of shoots on the lower branches.
