Ponderosa Pine Cone

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by Bob and Nadine Johnston

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$75

Dimensions

24.000 x 24.000 inches

Title

Ponderosa Pine Cone

Artist

Bob and Nadine Johnston

Medium

Photograph - Acrylic - Enhanced Digital Painting - Nikon Photography Gift Or Greeting And Note Cards, Cheaper By The Dozen :o)

Description

My Impressions of Wonderful Creations - Blessings in Beauty Surround Us...
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Many think of Arizona a desert, yet the largest Ponderosa Pine Forest in the World, grows in Arizona. It is not only included in Coconino National Forest but it spreads across northern AZ in Kaibab National Forest and East across the White Mountains.
The National Register of Big Trees lists a Ponderosa Pine that is 235 ft tall and 324 in circumference. In January 2011, a Pacific Ponderosa Pine in Siskiyou National Forest in Oregon was measured with a laser to be 268.35 ft high. The measurement was performed by Michael Taylor and Mario Vaden, a professional arborist from Oregon. The tree was climbed on October 13, 2011, by Ascending The Giants (a tree climbing company in Portland, Oregon) and directly measured with tape-line at 268.29 ft
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Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the Ponderosa Pine, Bull Pine, Blackjack Pine,[1] or Western Yellow Pine, is a very large pine tree of variable habit native to western North America, but widespread throughout the temperate world. It was first described by David Douglas in 1826, from eastern Washington near present-day Spokane. It is the official state tree of the State of Montana.
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The bark helps to distinguish it from other species. Mature individuals have cinnamon-red bark with black crevices. Younger trees have black to reddish-brown bark. The tree can often be identified by its characteristic long needles that grow in tufts of two to four (or five) depending on subspecies.

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Sources differ on the scent. Some state that it has no distinctive scent,[3] while others state that the bark smells like vanilla if sampled from a furrow of the bark.
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February 14th, 2013