Difference between Ponderosa Pine and Western Yellow Pine

PONDEROSA PINE vs WESTERN YELLOW PINE: NOUN

A tall timber tree (Pinus ponderosa) of western North America, having long needles grouped in fascicles of two or three.
Common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

Common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

Conifers, Tamarack, Sagebrush, Cottonwood, Engelmann spruce, Scrub oak, Manzanita, Aspen, Subalpine fir, Lodgepole, Lodgepole pine, Western yellow pine, Pinus ponderosa, Bull pine, Ponderosa

Juniper, Pinyon, Longleaf pine, Limber pine, Tamarack, Sagebrush, Cottonwood, Engelmann spruce, Scrub oak, Manzanita, Aspen, Subalpine fir, Lodgepole, Lodgepole pine, Ponderosa

Solid ponderosa pine, hand forged, wrought iron hardware.
Ponderosa pine forest near hiking trail; much of understory shaded; soil soft, covered with mat of pine needles.
Occurrence of insects and disease is far less common in ponderosa pine compared to lodgepole pine.
Ponderosa pine also occurs as individual trees widely scattered throughout much of the lodgepole pine type.
Historically, there were greater numbers of large diameter ponderosa pine in the La Pine area.
Camp Morrison is in a mature beautiful forest of Ponderosa Pine, Tamarack, Engelmann Spruce, Grand Fir, Douglas Fir, White Pine, and Yellow Pine trees.
In choice tests these three species preferred sugar maple, loblolly pine, and slash pine compared with redwood and ponderosa pine.
At high elevations, some ponderosa pine, white fir, limber pine, and some bristlecone pine.
Ponderosa pine found in the Willamette valley is actually genetically very different than eastern Oregon ponderosa.
For instance, in an area where ponderosa pine forest transitions to PJ woodlands, planting pinyon or juniper could be favored over planting ponderosa pine.

WESTERN YELLOW PINE A magnificent tree which furnishes valuable timber.
This was planted with western yellow pine, Douglas fir, and some western white pine.