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[Lumberjacked]

God I would love to fell one of those! Awesome pics

 

[Tree Sling'r]

Ponderosa, unless large Jeffrey Pine have similar bark.

Yep, it's a Ponderosa, but I call em' yellow pine.

 

[Jacob J.]

+1- Jeffery have different bark plates.

 

[KindlingKing]

aren't jeffrey and ponderosa considered closely related?

I believe so. Its been a long-time since I studied them. They are held to be different species and have different morphology (pinecone bracts as an example) but superficially are almost identical looking.