Pinus ponderosa--Oregon. Deschutes County. October, 2011. 012 (1).jpg
Native to British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington; introduced into Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Romania, South Australia, Spain, Sweden (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Oregon, Deschutes (Bend)
44.060833, -121.283333
Location Remarks
City of Bend. Pilot Butte State Park. Summit of Pilot Butte. 1250 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Idaho, Valley (Cascade)
44.158, -116.118361
Location Remarks
Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Idaho, Valley (Cascade)
44.158, -116.118361
Location Remarks
Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Pinus
Specific Epithet
ponderosa
Authorship
Douglas ex C.Lawson
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 3.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#754 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 3 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →