Common name: ponderosa pine
Family name: Pinaceae

  • very large, solid tree
  • almost no taper to stem so looks like columns
  • prickly umbo on cones
  • strong smell – turpentine and citrus
  • three-needle pine ( only one we looking at)
  • very long needles
  • needles bunch at tip
  • evergreen tree
  • coniferous

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