Pinus albicaulis, whose many common names include
whitebark pine,
white pine,
pitch pine,
scrub pine, and
creeping pine, occurs in the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically the
subalpine areas of the
Sierra Nevada, the
Cascade Range, the
Pacific Coast Ranges, and the
Rocky Mountains from Wyoming northwards. It shares the common name creeping pine with several
other "creeping pine" plants.