Pinus lambertiana
sugar pine
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Fire
Effects On
(courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects)
From
Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
Species
Documentation and Data
(The BEST conifer data on the Internet, Gymnosperm
Database, Editor C. J. Earle)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American
Coniferous Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Champion: 232' height, 29' spread, 442" circumf.,
Dorrington, California
National
Register of Big Trees
Pine
Images
(courtesy of ForestryImages.org)
Buy a
Pine Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)
Range Map
-The native range of sugar pine, USFS.
Quick Stats
Common Names: Big pine, California sugar pine,
Californische, gigantic pine, great sugar pine, Kalifornisch
zucker-kiefer, pin de Lambert, pin geant, pin gigantesque,
pino de azucar, pino gigantesco, purple-coned sugar, pine,
shade pine, socker-tall, sockertall, sugar pine, suiker-pijn,
true white pine, zuckerkiefer.
Habitat: native to the mountains from
western Oregon, south through California in the Sierra
Nevada to western Nevada and southern California.
Description: sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) is the tallest and largest of all pines, commonly reaching heights of 53 to 61 m (175 to 200 ft) and d.b.h. of 91 to 152 cm (36 to 60 in).
Uses: Boxes, crates, food containers, millwork (doors,
sashes, trim, siding and panels), sheathing, subflooring,
roofing, foundry patterns, piano keys, and organ pipes.
Back to 100 Trees | Back to Forestry at About.com
