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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. It is native to coastal and inland mountain areas along the Pacific coast of North America, as far north as Oregon and as far south as Baja California in Mexico.
Sugar pines (Pinus lambertiana) are the largest of the pine genus in both height and volume. The branches often sweep gracefully downward from the weight of their hefty cones, while their pyramidal crowns reach upward for the sky.
The sugar pine tree, often called the ‘king of the conifers’ is the largest of all pines, growing to a height surpassed only by a few other coniferous trees. It can be found throughout the mountains of the North American Pacific Coast.
What is a sugar pine tree? Everyone knows about sugar maples, but sugar pine trees are less familiar. Yet, facts about sugar pine trees make clear their status as important and noble trees. Find more sugar pine tree information here.
Called "the most princely of the genus" by its discoverer, David Douglas, sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) is the tallest and largest of all pines, commonly reaching heights of 53 to 61 m (175 to 200 ft) and d.b.h. of 91 to 152 cm (36 to 60 in).
Description of the evolution, biology, distribution, ecology, and uses of Pinus lambertiana (sugar pine).
The tallest and largest pine tree, Pinus lambertiana (Sugar Pine) is an evergreen coniferous tree of narrow pyramidal habit in youth with a straight trunk free of branches much of its length and rather spreading and pendulous branches. With age, it becomes flat-topped with a wide spreading crown.
Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) is one of the great conifers of the western United States, if not the world, in stature (the largest of the pine genus) and usefulness. Early botanist David Douglas named the sugar pine in 1827 to honor British pine expert Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761-1842).
Disease: Sugar pine is highly susceptible to white pine blister rust caused by the fungus Cronartium ribicola. Among commercially important North American white pines, sugar pine is the most susceptible to this disease.
with long, pendulous cones, easily identify sugar pine, which "more than any other tree gives beauty and distinction to the Sierran forest" (25). Habitat NativeRange Sugar pine (fig. 1) extends from the west slope of the Cascade Range in north central Oregon to the Sierra San Pedro Martir in Baja California (ap proximatelatitude 30° 30' to 45 ...