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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.
Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Longleaf pine: Pinus palustris: ... Ponderosa pine: Pinus ponderosa: 1949 [34] Nebraska: Eastern cottonwood: Populus ...
Populations of Willamette Valley ponderosa pines are often referred to as the separate variety willamettensis. Though not formally described, there have been efforts to publish this name and formal description. [2] [3] It is also referred to as a unique population of the Pacific ponderosa pine, P. p. subsp. benthamiana. [4] [5]
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).
Jeffrey pine wood and ponderosa pine wood are sold together as yellow pine. [6] Both kinds of wood are hard (with a Janka hardness of 550 lbf (2,400 N)), but the western yellow pine wood is less dense than southern yellow pine wood (28 lb/cu ft (0.45 g/cm 3 ) versus 35 lb/cu ft (0.56 g/cm 3 ) for shortleaf pine).
Ponderosa pine forest is a plant association and plant community dominated by ponderosa pine and found in western North America. It is found from the British Columbia to Durango, Mexico . [ 1 ] In the south and east, ponderosa pine forest is the climax forest , while in the more northern part of its range, it can transition to Douglas-fir or ...
Pinus muricata - Bishop pine; Pinus ponderosa (syn. P. washoensis) - Ponderosa pine; Pinus radiata - Monterey pine, radiata pine; Pinus remota - Texas pinyon, papershell pinyon; Pinus sabineana - Gray pine, foothill pine, digger pine; Pinus strobiformis - Southwestern white pine; Pinus torreyana - Torrey pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus (/ ˈ p aɪ n ə s /) [2] of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.. World Flora Online accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as current, with additional synonyms, [3] and Plants of the World Online 126 species-rank taxa (113 species and 13 nothospecies), [4] making it ...