Part of
🌲︎ pine genus Pinus
in
🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae
in
🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native to 🗻︎ mountainous western 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA.
🗺 Map (scroll down),
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(color key),
🗺 map (North America, Central America). 
In these areas (particularly 🇨🇦 Canada AB BC SK, and 🇺🇸 USA AZ CA CO ID MO MT NV NM OR SD UT WA WI WY):
- do not move pine logs, stumps, branches, firewood nor untreated lumber
due to possible infestation by the insect
mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae,
which carries various species of
🍄︎ fungus / mushroom kingdom Fungi.
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.
Seeds from this tree's cones are an important food source for 🐻︎ bears and other animals.
But the tree is having a tough time lately, even in 🏞 Yellowstone National Park, attacked by diseases no longer suppressed by ❄ harsh winter weather. The trees are probably trying to compensate by moving up in altitude, but that process is slow if you are a tree. And impossible if you have reached 🗻︎ the top of nearby terrain.