Jeffrey Pine, An Important Tree in North America

1. The Silviculture of Jeffrey Pine

Jeffrey pine is one of several western yellow pine that produces wood of identical structure and quality and are closely related taxonomically. Jeffrey pine is distinct chemically, ecologically, and physiologically and is readily distinguished from ponderosa pine on the basis of bark, leader, needle, bud, and cone morphology.

2. The Images of Jeffrey Pine

Forestryimages.org provides several images of parts of Jeffrey pine. The tree is a conifer and the lineal taxonomy is Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus jeffreyi. Jeffrey pine pine is also commonly called blackbark pine, blackwood pine, and bull pine.

3. The Range of Jeffrey Pine

Primarily a California species, Jeffrey pine ranges north through the Klamath Mountains into southwestern Oregon, across the Sierra Nevada into western Nevada, and south in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges into northern Baja California.