western yellow pine

American  

noun

1. ponderosa pine.

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Etymology

Origin of western yellow pine

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

Approaching the park from the east the routes pass through open western yellow pine forests and western larch stands.

From The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park by Allen, Grenville F.

Although our supplies of Douglas fir, western white pine, sugar pine and western yellow pine are still large, they will have to bear an extra burden when all the southern pine is gone.

From The School Book of Forestry by Pack, Charles Lathrop

The important lumber trees of the Rocky Mountain forest are the western yellow pine, the lodgepole pine, the Douglas fir and the Engelmann spruce.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Last of the ranking trio is the western yellow pine, a warrior clad in plates of russet armor.

From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling

The dense forest consists of pi�on pine, juniper, Douglas fir, and western yellow pine.

From Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by United States. Dept. of the Interior