Ponderosa Pine, also called Western Yellow Pine, is most likely found in areas that are dry to moist and open. A Tree and a member of the Pinaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 12. 
Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant, moist also found in the Rocky Mountains with little chance of extinction. Like other pines, its inner bark was used for food during the winters, its logs for canoes (centers burnt out), its needle for shelter covers, its wood for fuel. Today it is the most important lumber tree in Montana and other states, as it was the most important conifer for Indigenous Peoples for centuries before.
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Pinus+ponderosa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_ponderosa
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIPO
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Pinus%20ponderosa
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Pinus&Species=ponderosa&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
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Ponderosa Pines can be identified by their needle clumps that come in:
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