Pinaceae
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Pinus
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- صنوبر بونديروسا, صنوبر أصفر
- Armenian
- Սոճի դեղին
- arz
- صنوبر بونديروسا
- azb
- ساری شام
- Azerbaijani
- Sarı şam
- Belarusian
- Хвоя жоўтая
- Bulgarian
- Жълт бор
- Catalan
- Pi ponderosa, Pins ponderosa
- Chinese
- 西黃松, 西黄松, 美国长三叶松, 美国黄松
- chy
- Šéstótó'e
- Czech
- Borovice těžká, Borovice žlutá
- Danish
- Gul-Fyr
- Dutch
- Gele den, Ponderosaden
- English
- Ponderosa pine, Bull pine, Western yellow pine, Western yellow-pine, Yellow pine
- Estonian
- Kollane mänd
- Finnish
- Keltamänty
- French
- Pin ponderosa, Pin jaune
- German
- Gelb-Kiefer, Gelbkiefer, Gold-Kiefer, Goldkiefer, Ponderosa-Kiefer
- Greek
- Πεύκη η βαριά
- Hebrew
- אורן הזפת
- Hungarian
- Amerikai sárgafenyő
- Icelandic
- Gulfura
- Indonesian
- Tusam ponderosa
- Japanese
- ポンデローサマツ, ポンデローサパイン, ポンデローサ松
- lah
- پونڈروزا چیڑ
- Lithuanian
- Geltonoji pušis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gullfuru
- Persian
- کاج زرد
- Polish
- Sosna żółta
- Romanian
- Pin galben
- Russian
- Сосна жёлтая, Сосна желтая, Сосна тяжёлая
- Slovenian
- Rumeni bor
- Spanish
- Pino ponderosa, Pino ponderoso, Pino real americano
- Swedish
- Gultall, Ponderosatall
- Turkish
- Batı sarıçamı
- udm
- Ӵуж пужым
- Ukrainian
- Сосна жовта, Жовта сосна
- Welsh
- Pinwydden gochfrig
Synonyms
- Pinus beardsleyi A.Murray bis
- Pinus benthamiana Hartw.
- Pinus craigiana A.Murray bis
- Pinus engelmannii Torr.
- Pinus jeffreyi var. ambigua Lemmon
- Pinus jeffreyi var. nigricans Lemmon
- Pinus nootkatensis Manetti ex Gordon
- Pinus parryana Gordon
- Pinus ponderosa f. crispata Schwer.
- Pinus ponderosa f. pendula (Hook.f. ex H.W.Sarg.) Rehder
- Pinus resinosa Torr.
- Pinus sinclairiana Carrière
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jim Reilly, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Torsten Watkins, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Phillip Wolff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Aiva Noringseth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nicole Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lyrae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.