Claim: 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.
Evidence: Pinus contorta subsp. bolanderi Bolander's beach pine, Bolander pine, Also treated as Pinus contorta subsp. contorta var. bolanderi, in which case what is treated here as Pinus contorta subsp. contorta is the variety Pinus contorta subsp. contorta var. contorta. Pinus contorta subsp. contorta shore pine Pacific Coast, southern Alaska to northwest California. Pinus contorta subsp. murrayana tamarack pine, or Sierra lodgepole pine Pinus contorta subsp. latifolia lodgepole pine Rocky Mountains, Colorado to Yukon and Saskatchewan; aspen parkland and boreal forests.