Blackjack Pine, Bull Pine , Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine
Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Synonyms: Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum, Pinus washoensis
A ponderosa pine on a ridgeline on the mid-elevation slopes of Wedge Mt., Wenatchee National Forest.........June 8, 2009.
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A ponderosa pine seen at left on an abandoned spur road off FS Road 5401-811 (Pine Creek Road), Malheur National Forest.........June 3, 2011. The photo at right shows a ponderosa pine off in the distance on the north side of Mud Creek, Mud Creek Campground, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......August 3, 2020.
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Male (pollen) cones of ponderosa pine as observed at Brooks Memorial State Park off US 97 near Satus Pass.......May 13, 2019 (left) and May 11, 2020 (right).
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A 7-8 foot diameter at breast height ponderosa as seen left along the Round Mountain Trail near Scissors Springs, Ochoco National Forest............August 9, 2014. The photo at center shows a ponderosa pine along a user trail paralleling Big Springs Creek west of Big Springs Campground, Ochoco National Forest...........September 26, 2016. The photo at center shows a large ponderosa pine as seen along the Ochoco Mt. Trail #823 about one mile down Rock Creek from the trailhead, Ochoco National Forest.........September 27, 2016.
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A mature ponderosa pine and a germinating seed cache of ponderosa pine as seen in open forest and shrub-scrub lands at the southern edge of the former location of the Cabin Lake Campground, Deschutes National Forest.........May 1, 2017.
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Several views of a large ponderosa pine seen within 50 meters of the trailhead for the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..........August 19, 2011.
A view up through the branches of a large ponderosa pine at about 7500' along the Fremont National Recreation Trail on the southwest corner of Twelvemilel Peak, Fremont-Winema National Forest......August 2, 2020.
Paul Slichter