Important Forest Trees of the United States 



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119. Lodgepole 

 pine. 



120. Pinyon. 



121. Singleleaf 

 pinyon. 



122. Pacific yew. 



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Large tree of Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast regions, including adjacent Canada. 

 Bark brown or blackish, furrowed into ridges; on older trunks becoming yellow brown 

 and irregularly fissured into large, flat, scaly plates. Needles 3 or 2 and 3 in cluster, stout, 

 4 to 7 inches long, dark green. Cones short-stalked, 3 to 6 inches long, light reddish brown, 

 the scales with prickles. 



Principal uses: Important timber tree, the most important western pine, and second 

 to Douglas-fir in total stand in United States. Lumber for many uses, such as building 

 construction, boxes and crates, and millwork; also caskets, furniture, toys. Piling, poles, 

 posts, mine timbers, veneer, railroad ties, and fuel. Shelterbelts and ornamental. (State 

 tree of Montana.) 



1 16. JEFFREY PINE, Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf. (western yellow pine). 



Large tree of Pacific coast region from Oregon to Lower California. Bark purplish 

 brown, becoming fissured into large plates. Needles 3 in cluster, stout, 5 to 10 inches 

 long, blue green. Cones short-stalked, 5 to 10 inches long, light brown, the scales with 

 prickles. 



Principal uses: Lumber sold as ponderosa pine (No. 115) and has similar uses. 



117. DIGGER PINE, Pinus sabiniana Dougl. (gray pine, bull pine). 



Medium-sized tree of California foothills. Bark dark brown, irregularly furrowed into 

 broad, irregular, scaly ridges. Needles 3 in cluster, slender and drooping, 8 to 12 inches 

 long, pale blue green. Cones long-stalked, 6 to 10 inches long, red brown, with stout 

 scales ending in curved spines. Seeds 34 to /& inch long, edible. 



Principal uses; Fuel. Shelterbelts. 



118. KNOBCONE PINE, Pinus attenuato. Lemm. 



Small to medium-sized tree of southwestern Oregon and California. Bark brown, 

 thin, fissured into large, scaly ridges. Needles 3 in cluster, slender, 3 to 7 inches long, 

 yellowish green. Cones usually clustered and abundant, 1 -sided, 3 to 6 inches long, light 

 yellow brown, with prickly scales, remaining closed on the tree indefinitely. 



Principal uses: Fuel. Shelterbelts. 



EE. Needles less than 3 inches long. 



119. LODGEPOLE PINE, Pinus contorta Dougl. (shore pine, knotty pine, black pine, spruce 

 pine, jack pine; P. contorta var. latifolia Engelm.). 



Medium-sized to large tree of Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast regions including 

 adjacent Canada and Lower California; the typical variety shore pine, a small tree of 



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