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Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, [3] bull pine, blackjack pine, [4] western yellow-pine, [5] or filipinus pine, [6] is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the most widely distributed pine species in North America.
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A group of ponderosa pine trees. Ponderosa pine forests occurs on the Colorado Plateau [4] and in the Sierra Nevada [2] of the Western United States, as well as other parts of North America. One way to distinguish between them is by their cones. Each has barbs at the end of the scales. The sharp Jeffrey pine cone scale barbs point inward, so ...
Pinus, the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus Pinus (hard pines), and subgenus Strobus (soft pines).
The Mogollon Rim northeast of Payson View from the east Rim View of Mogollon Rim, east of Pine View from Mogollon Rim near Payson Aerial view of the Mogollon Rim from above Mead Ranch The Mogollon Rim ( / m ʌ ɡ ɪ ˈ j oʊ n / or / m oʊ ɡ ə ˈ j oʊ n / or / m ɒ ɡ ɒ dʒ ɔː n / ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a topographical and geological feature ...
Young spring growth ("candles") on a loblolly pine: Monterey pine bark: Monterey pine cone on forest floor: Whitebark pine in the Sierra Nevada: Hartweg's pine forest in Mexico: The bark of a pine in Tecpan, Guatemala: A pine, probably P. pseudostrobus, in Guatemala
The Willamette Valley ponderosa variant only grows on the valley floor, unlike the Douglas-fir, which grows on hillsides, and the wood is softer and easier to mill than the native hardwoods. [1] Because of this, when early settlers used wood from the trees to build homes and cleared land for agriculture, the population was "decimated". [ 1 ]
The Big Tree (also known as the Trout Lake Big Tree) was a massive Ponderosa pine tree in an old-growth pine and fir forest in southern Washington state, [1] at the southern base of Mount Adams. The area is managed by the Mount Adams Ranger District of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest .