Pinus ponderosa - Ponderosa pine

Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) is a large evergreen conifer native to western North America, its inner bark and seed edible and traditionally used as a condiment and chewing gum.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹
• Wood¹
• Fuel¹

Type

• Pinus spp. - Pine
• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Pinus ponderosa | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩