Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana)

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Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) is one of the great conifers of the western United States, if not the world, in stature (the largest of the pine genus) and usefulness. Early botanist David Douglas named the sugar pine in 1827 to honor British pine expert Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761-1842). Its common name refers to the sweet, resinous sap it exudes from bark wounds.

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