I can see ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa

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Also called bull pine, ◼︎ blackjack pine and ◼︎ western yellow pine.

In the western 🇺🇸 USA, also called ◼︎ yellow pine.  Although do not confuse with sister species sometimes also called that:

• shortleaf pine  Pinus echinata (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood is marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• slash pine  Pinus elliottii          (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood is marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• longleaf pine  Pinus palustris  (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood is marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• loblolly pine  Pinus taeda        (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood is marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• Jeffrey pine  Pinus jeffreyi             (in western 🇺🇸 USA) (where also called ◼︎ western yellow pine),
• ponderosa pine  Pinus ponderosa (this plant!) (in western 🇺🇸 USA) (where also called ◼︎ western yellow pine),
• ◼︎ eastern white pine  Pinus strobus (in 🇬🇧 UK), and
• Scots pine  Pinus sylvestris              (in 🇬🇧 UK).

Part of 🌲︎ pine  genus Pinus in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce  family Pinaceae.

Native to western 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA and 🇲🇽 Mexico.

🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🌎︎ map (scroll down), 🌎︎ map (North America, Central America). 

Invasive > Hawai'i

🌲︎ State tree of Montana.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Pinus hosts caterpillars of 247 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.   This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula.

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