Sugar Pine

Pinus lambertiana

Characteristics

• Tallest of Pines

• Grows unusually straight up

• Silhouette much like Ponderosa

• Leaves 2-5” in bundles of 5

• Bark of older trees often grayish brown

• Cones up to more than 20”

Ecology

• Both east side and west side of cascades

• In mixed coniferous forests

• Many associations with birds and mammals

• Seeds of large cones eaten by birds and mammals

• Lumbering demands have exceeded natural replacement