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The map is not to scale and it is oriented with north at the top, instead of east as in the map shown on the TV show. The Ponderosa was the fictional setting for Bonanza . According to the 9th episode ("Mr. Henry Comstock") in the first season, it was a thousand-square mile (640,000 acre or 2,600 km 2 ) ranch on the shores of Lake Tahoe ...
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.
Range map of ponderosa pine. Ponderosa pine forest is the largest western forest type in the United States. [2] Ponderosa pine is the principal species on over 110,000 km 2 (27,000,000 acres) and is present on an additional 55,000 km 2 (14,000,000 acres).
Logging of non-sequoia timber continued as recently as the 1980, especially old-growth ponderosa and sugar pine, which have been logged almost to extinction amongst the groves. [ 1 ] Groves in the northern half of the range (north of the Kings River ) are widely scattered and host smaller collections of giant sequoias than groves found within ...
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 ]
Open forests of ponderosa pine and some lodgepole pine distinguish this region from the Cascades ecoregion, where hemlock and fir forests are more common, and from the lower, drier ecoregions to the east, where shrubs and grasslands are predominant. The vegetation is adapted to the prevailing dry, continental climate and frequent wildfire.
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Sunday, December 15, 2024The New York Times
Ponderosa Forest is a master-planned community developed during the late 1960s and 1970s in multiple phases by the Kickerillo Companies in Harris County, Texas, within the northern limits of the City of Houston, Texas. Kickerillo Companies is one of Houston's largest homebuilding and land development companies.