Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
The majestic and resilient tree is known for its tall, straight truchs and distinctive orange-brown bark that peels off in puzzle-like plates. It has long, needle-like leaves grouped in bundles of three and produces large, egg-shaped cones. It can live over 500 years.***Toxic to horses***
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- Perennial
- United States
- 6.2 - Western Cordillera
- 10.1 - Cold Deserts
- 10.2 - Warm Deserts
- 12.1 - Western Sierra Madre Piedmont
- 13.1 - Upper Gila Mountains
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