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Originally Posted by zube
It should be easy to identify, I think Ponderosa are a three-needled pine, Lodgepole (or Shorepine ) are two-needled. If I remember correctly.
zube
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That's correct, though Ponderosa will sometimes only have two needles when grown in tough conditions.
The new buds/candles are also quite different. There isn't really a good enough shot of them on this tree, but what is there looks a lot more like Contorta than Ponderosa.
-Darrell