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P. subsect. Ponderosae. 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. [7]: 4.
Ponderosa forest near Mormon Lake, Arizona. 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 ...
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 ...
Description. Pinus strobiformis, a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, is a straight, slender tree growing to 100 ft (30 m) tall and 3 ft (1 m) in diameter. The bark is smooth and silvery-gray on young trees, aging to furrowed and red-brown or dark gray-brown. The branches are spreading and ascending.
Western white pine is a large tree, regularly growing to 30–50 metres (98–164 ft) tall. It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five, [5] with a deciduous sheath. The needles are finely serrated, [5] and 5–13 cm (2–5 in) long.
Pinus lambertiana (commonly known as the sugar pine or sugar cone pine) is the tallest and most massive pine tree, and has the longest cones of any conifer. The species name lambertiana was given by the Scottish botanist David Douglas , who named the tree in honour of the English botanist, Aylmer Bourke Lambert .
P. ponderosa. Subspecies: P. p. var. willamettensis. Population: Willamette Valley ponderosa pine. The Willamette Valley ponderosa pine is a population of the ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) native to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. It is adapted for Western Oregon 's wet winter and dry summer. [citation needed]
The Bureau of Land Management considers 4,153 acres (1,681 ha) to be prime forest land with large old-growth trees dominating the stands. Lost Forest is a remnant of an ancient ponderosa pine forest that covered much of central Oregon thousands of years ago, when the climate was cooler and wetter. Today, the Lost Forest pines survive on half ...