The world's largest, and California's most valuable pine tree. Found native in a narrow strip in the mountains from southern Oregon south through the Sierra and inner Coast Range to Lower California. It reaches its greatest size in the central Sierra Nevada region. Gets its name from exudations from wounds which occasionally oxidize to a sugar-sweet surface powder (Pinitol). Maximum size 10 feet x 275 feet. One reported to be 18 feet in diameter. Average 6-8 feet x 200 feet.

It is a true white pine and its wood resembles closely that of the famous eastern white pine, although slightly coarser in texture and having somewhat larger resin ducts. The wood is soft, uniform in texture, light, straight-grained, easy to wok , and keeps its shape very well. It is used for miscellaneous mill work, interior trim, sash, doors, frames, pattern-making models, piano keys, shakes, organ pipes, etc. Due to the great size of the tree and its large percentage of high-grade lumber, sugar pine is available in thick dimensions for remanufacturing purposes.

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• East stairwell: This board is 6" x 46" x 11' and contains 253 board feet. Gift of Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Pinedale, Calif.