[[File:Pinus-ponderosa.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Pinus ponderosa]]
Other Names : Pinus ponderosa, yellow pine<br>one of the most widely distributed tree species in the West, growing from southern Canada into Mexico, and from Nebraska and Oklahoma all the way to the Pacific Coast. The National Register of Big Trees lists a Ponderosa Pine that is 235 ft (72 m) tall and 324 in (820 cm) in circumference.
==Special Precautions of Ponderosa Pine==