| Scientific Name: | Pinus ponderosa |
| Common Name: | Ponderosa pine, yellow pine |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | > 30m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Group or mass planting, Reclamation |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Fascicles, Leathery, Distinctive smell, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Dark-red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Bark scaly and black when young, maturing thick and orange-brown; broken twigs smell like oranges; needles 3 (often 2; rarely 4 or 5) per fascicle, most 15-20cm long x 1.2-1.5mm wide; seed cones, dark-reddish purple, maturing brown before opening late in second year, brodly ovoid, (5-)8-9(-14)cm long; seedlings with 8-10(-12) cotyledons, 3.5-5cm long, no teeth. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_ponderosa.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |