Pinus jeffreyi

Pinus jeffreyi, also known as Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, yellow pine and black pine, is a North American pine tree. It is mainly found in California, but also in the westernmost part of Nevada, southwestern Oregon, and northern Baja California.:4 It is named in honor of its botanist documenter John Jeffrey.

Pinus jeffreyi
A stand of Pinus jeffreyi growing on volcanic table lands south of Mono Lake, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Section: P. sect. Trifoliae
Subsection: P. subsect. Ponderosae
Species:
P. jeffreyi
Binomial name
Pinus jeffreyi
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