Pinus ponderosa

Pinaceae Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
ponderosa refers to ‘massive’; indicating the large size these trees can obtain.

Colloquial Name
Ponderosa pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Pinus ponderosa:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 71, BRC, 73, COL, IDA, MNT, ORE, WAS, WYO, 74, NDA, NEB, OKL, SDA, 76, ARI, CAL, NEV, UTA, 77, NWM, TEX, 79, MXE, MXE-CO, MXN, MXN-SO

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus ponderosa are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus ponderosa that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 4
Pinus ponderosa is hardy to USDA Zone 4 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -34.4C (-30F) to 28.9C (-20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus ponderosa is stable. There are ongoing threats for Pinus ponderosa and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 5 Natural System Modifications
  • 5.1 Fire & Fire Suppression

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus ponderosa has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Pinus ponderosa is Subsect. Ponderosae. The coordinate taxa for Pinus ponderosa are therefore:

Pinus ponderosa is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus ponderosa is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Agnieszka’ , ‘Bailey’ , ‘Big Boomer’, ‘Bryce’, ‘Canyon C’, ‘Canyon Ferry’, ‘Crispata’ , ‘D. Dees Delight’ , ‘Dixie’, ‘Dusty Blue’ , ‘Elk Meadow’, ‘Flicker’ , ‘Globosa’ , ‘Grapevine’, ‘Hexenbesen’, ‘Hi 9’, ‘Hi Desert’, ‘Hulsdonk Weeping’ , ‘Idaho Son’, ‘Jami’s Joy’, ‘Jasper’ , ‘Jeff’ , ‘J. Lynn’, ‘Joyful’ , ‘King Canyon’ , ‘King Kone’, ‘Klamath Falls Gold’, ‘Koolaas No 1’, ‘La Boca’ , ‘Lil Toe’, ‘Marcia’, ‘Margarette’, ‘Mary Ann Heacock’ , ‘Morris WB’ , ‘Mosier Loop’ , ‘Penaz’, ‘Pendula’ , ‘Penny’, ‘Pondy’, ‘Poopsie’, ‘Tasha’, ‘The Sphinx’, ‘Tortuosa’ , ‘Trumbell’ , ‘Twodot Columnar’, ‘Vernon’, ‘Wrap Around’, ‘Yedauwoo’