Ponderosa
Pine
Pinus ponderosa
One of the most
widely dispersed timber trees in North America. A stately tree with
open branches in spirelike crown, and some of the longest needles among
pines -- 7 to 11". Mature trees have distinctive yellow-orange bark
coloring. Large landscape area tree will reach 50 feet in 50 years,
eventually to 150 feet or more. |