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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.
Facts About Sugar Pine Trees. Sugar pines are the tallest and biggest of the pine tree clan, second only to the giant sequoia in sheer bulk. These pine trees can grow to 200 feet (60 m.) tall with a trunk diameter of 5 feet (1.5 m.) and live past 500 years.
Sugar pine is a major timber species at middle elevations in the Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains, Cascade, Sierra Nevada, Transverse, and Peninsula Ranges. Rarely forming pure stands, it grows singly or in small groups of trees.
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).
Description of the evolution, biology, distribution, ecology, and uses of Pinus lambertiana (sugar pine).
The common name, Sugar Pine, is a reference to the sweetish resin that exudes from cut or burned heartwood. Native peoples used the large, rich, oily seeds of Sugar Pine as a food source and the sugary sap exuded from wounds as both food and medicine, the sap has laxative properties.
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.
Sugar Pine. (Pinus lambertiana) Largest of all pines. The sugar pine is the one of the largest trees, in both height and diameter, in old-growth stands. It provides clear wood in large dimensions and is easy to cut in any direction.