Sugar Pine
Pinus lambertiana
Sugar pine is the tallest and largest of all pines, towering over western mountain forests with cones up to two feet long. A magnificent, long-lived giant for spacious cool-climate sites. The sweet, nutty seed is a genuine food, and a natural sugar exudes from wounds in the wood — though it's laxative in quantity.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 229–229 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CA, NV, OR
Related native plants
More Pinus species
- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)
- Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
- Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)