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Ponderosa Pine Facts

Michelle Talks Plants • Educational, 19-Nov-2025

Biologist, Michelle Gibbons, shares some of the amazing fire adaptions of the Ponderosa Pine, and also finds a cute woodland creature that is common in Ponderosa Pine forests.

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Michelle Gibbons Host
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Sean Doherty director

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