Pinus ponderosa
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Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine or western yellow pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the mo
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Pinus ponderosa in Idaho
Ponderosa pines at Quartz Mountain Pass, Oregon
P. p. subsp. benthamiana, here at Downieville, California, always has green immature cones.
Montana
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Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the
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…for its heavy wood. In 1836, it was formally named and described by Charles Lawson, a Scottish nurseryman. It was adopted as the official state tree of Montana in 1949. Other vernacular names that have been used for the species are "bull pine" and "blackjack pine", but these are general woodsmans terms applied…
Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91
Montana Territory in 1865
Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889.
Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought.