How to Use sugar pine in a Sentence
sugar pine
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Trees like the ponderosa pine and sugar pine evolved with fire.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
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Sandy was spotted later in the day perching on top of a sugar pine tree.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
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Large sugar pines and ponderosa pines that died during droughts are also removed with chainsaws.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
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These seats are open to the elements, allowing guests to hear the train whistle loud and clear and smell the heady scent of sugar pines during the ride.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
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Starting at the turn of the 20th century, the Madera Sugar Pine Company cut and hauled thousands of acres’ worth of sugar pines before shuttering in the 1930s during the Great Depression.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
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Similarly, pines native to California’s Sierra Mountains, such as Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), notable for cones that can reach 20 inches in length, and Jeffrey pine (Pinus Jeffreyi), will struggle to grow in Southern California.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
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