Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa Lemmon

Western yellow pine (en)

Variety

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus > Pinus ponderosa

Characteristics

Trees to 72m; trunk to 2.  diam. Twigs commonly red-brown, not glaucous. Buds very resinous. Leaves mainly 3 per fascicle, 12--25(--30)cm ´ (1.2--)1.5--2mm. Pollen cones mostly red. Seed cones 8--15cm, symmetric; apophyses of fertile scales moderately raised; umbo low-pyramidal, tapering acuminately to short broad-based prickle. Seed body 6--9mm; wing 15--25mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
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Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -30
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 24
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Distribution

Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77170930-1
WFO ID wfo-0001091666
COL ID 5QRGS
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Synonyms

Pinus washoensis Pinus beardsleyi Pinus benthamiana Pinus craigiana Pinus parryana Pinus ponderosa f. crispata Pinus jeffreyi var. ambigua Pinus ponderosa subsp. washoensis Pinus ponderosa var. nana Pinus ponderosa var. benthamiana Pinus ponderosa subsp. benthamiana Pinus ponderosa var. washoensis Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa Pinus ponderosa subsp. critchfieldiana Pinus ponderosa subsp. readiana Pinus jeffreyi var. montana