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ponderosa pine
[ pon-duh-roh-suh, pon- ]
noun
- Also called western yellow pine. a large pine, Pinus ponderosa, of western North America, having yellowish-brown bark: the state tree of Montana.
- the light, soft wood of this tree, used for making furniture and in the construction of houses, ships, etc.
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Origin of ponderosa pine1
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For instance, Betancourt stalked ponderosa pine as it lurched northward from Arizona to Montana over the course of a few thousand years after the ice sheets receded.
It is in a transitional zone where Ponderosa pine and junipers, pinon and scrub oak meet.
Deciduous trees grew in the bottom of the draw, but the slopes above supported ponderosa pine and juniper.
He reports nests in such conifers as spruce, balsam, and ponderosa pine, and in aspen and oak.
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