Citation: Douglas in Loudon, Arboret. frut. Brit. 4:2243 (1838).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Ponderosa pine.

Description:
Tree to 20 m or more high; bark yellowish or a dark reddish brown, breaking up into large irregular scaly plates; winter buds c. 18 mm long, resinous, the scales closely appressed; leaves in threes, 12-25 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm diam., dark-green.

Female cones solitary or in clusters, sessile or subsessile, a light reddish brown, ovoid, 7.5-20 cm long, symmetrical.

Published illustration: Hora (1981) The Oxford encyclopedia of trees, p. 67.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: MU, SL.   Native to North America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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