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Pinus longaeva

Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

(synonym of Pinus washoensis)

ponderosa pine
Bark

moderate yellowish brown to dark red.
Leaves

grayish green.

Pinus longaeva

Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Distribution
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Discussion

Dry forests. 100–2200 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, south to Mexico. Native.

The morphological characteristics separating our two varieties are sometimes unreliable. This unsatisfactorily forces the identifer to use geography as the determining “character.” More taxonomic study may be warranted.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 123
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
P. albicaulis, P. attenuata, P. attenuata x Pinus radiata, P. balfouriana, P. contorta, P. flexilis, P. jeffreyi, P. lambertiana, P. monophylla, P. monticola, P. muricata, P. pinaster, P. ponderosa, P. sabiniana, P. sylvestris
P. ponderosa var. benthamiana, P. ponderosa var. ponderosa
Synonyms Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum, Pinus ponderosa var. washoensis, Pinus washoensis
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