1. Sugar Pine
Pinus lambertiana

2. 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”

3. 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