lodgepole pine

Examples

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• Forest types with the most burned acreage were ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, and Douglas-fir.

  Academic text (2017)

• The lodgepole pine is known for its tall, slender trunk and distinctive bark that can vary in color from red to yellow-brown.

• I looked out my kitchen window at lodgepole pine branches heavy with snow.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Just thousands of acres of forests of ponderosa and lodgepole pine, prime habitat for mountain lions and bears.

  Academic text (2009)

• A mountain pine beetle epidemic has decimated lodgepole pine stands from Colorado to Canada.

  Blog text (6)

• About half a mile away, an elk plowed through the chest-deep snow, browsing on lodgepole pine needles.

  Academic text (1991)

• The basin consists of a flat plain interspersed with meadows and stands of lodgepole pines, with the Firehole River flowing through the central part of the basin.

  Academic text (2009)

• But new developments in the Red Zones are increasingly at elevations above 8,000 feet, in dense forests that are often dominated by lodgepole pine, which tends to burn heavily in "stand-reducing" crown fires.

  Blog text (24)

• For example, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) is well known for having serotinous cones that release their seed when heated.

  Academic text (1997)

• In the Rocky Mountains, lodgepole pine trees can be found covering large areas, offering shelter to various wildlife.

Synonyms

P

pine

vslodgepole pine

130 1.0

An evergreen tree with long needle leaves and cones

is the specific western species with two needles and square-fissured bark

P

pine tree

vslodgepole pine

25 1.0

A tall evergreen tree with needle leaves and cones

is a particular western species rather than a generic conifer term

L

lodgepole

vslodgepole pine

• Specialized

3 9.9

A pine tree with two needles in each cluster that grows in western North America

is the preferred name stressing tall slender trunks across western regions

P

Pinus contorta

vslodgepole pine

• Specialized

8.8

A pine tree from the northwest coast of North America with needles in pairs and reddish scaly bark

is taller and often slender rather than shrubby in form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology