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Pinus ponderosa |
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Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine |
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Narrow, columnar when young becoming irregularly
cylindrical, with numerous short, stout branches
and a high trunk. |
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60-100 feet tall with a spread of 25-30 feet |
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Plants are
monoecious. Staminate cones are
yellow and clustered, pistillate are red, in
pairs. |
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Needles are borne in fascicles of 3
(occasionally in 2s), 5-10 inches long, densely
crowded, very rigid and sharp pointed,
yellow-green to dark green in color. |
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Stems are smooth, orange-brown to greenish, with
a vanilla fragrance when crushed. |
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Cones are terminal, nearly sessile, 3-6 inches
long, borne solitary or in clusters of 3-5,
light reddish-brown in color, with a stout,
recurved prickle on the scales. |
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