Ponderosa pine trees (Pinus ponderosa)

Ponderosa pine trees (Pinus ponderosa) grow in the Columbia basin at lower elevations, forming the arid timberline where forest transitions to shrub-steppe and grasslands. It's a stately tree that favors places where the pondering is good, on the border between the refuge of forests and prospect of wide-open spaces.

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