Ponderosa Pine

The Ponderosa Pine has a very distinct bark. Unlike most conifers, it has an orange bark, with black lining the crevasses, where the bark "splits". This is most noticeable amongst older Ponderosa Pines. It can often be identified by its characteristic long needles that grow in tufts of three
We call this the chocolate tree because when you smell the bark - it smells like chocolate (or vanilla)