Also called bull pine, ◼︎ blackjack pine and ◼︎ western yellow pine.  Part of 🌲︎ pine  genus Pinus in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce  family Pinaceae.

Native to western 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇺🇸 USA.   Invasive > in Hawai'i

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Pinus hosts caterpillars of 247 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Learn more about Ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa

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