Lodgepole pine
Pinus contorta var. latifolia
A tall, slender, straight tree which grows throughout most of the Interior.
Leaves
Needles occur in bunches of two and are often twisted in a spiral with sharp points; usually dark green.
Lodgepole Pine
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In Idaho, Lodgepole Pine is a medium-sized tree up to 80 feet tall and can be up to 30 inches in diameter. In good sites (moist, but well-drained sandy or gravelly loam), it has a long, clear, slender, cylindrical bole and short narrow, open crown.
Sierra Lodgepole Pine, Pinus murrayana, Tamarack
The many forms and types of pines can be found in northern temperate zones and on mountains in the tropics. Some grow rapidly, others slowly. Some have silvery foliage, others are dark green.
lodgepole pine Pinaceae Pinus contorta Douglas ex Louden symbol: PICO
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Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) is regarded as an environmental weed in the alpine and sub-alpine regions of south-eastern Australia.
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The bark of Lodgepole Pine fractures and exposes an orange layer beneath the light gray.
Pinus contorta (Lodgepole Pine)
Pinaceae (Pine Family) ...
Chief Joseph Lodgepole Pine PI-nus kon-TOR-ta lat-i-FO-le-a
Conifer, evergreen tree, tight conical dwarf, green in summer, yellow (golden) in winter.
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Hardy to USDA Zone 5 The tree was found in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon.
Pinus contorta. Lodgepole Pine. Male flowers.
Pinus edulis. Pinion Pine. Natural Bridges National Monument. Utah.
Pseudotsuga menziesii. Douglas Fir Seedling.
Pinus contorta ( Lodgepole Pine )
Pinus contorta ( Spaan's Dwarf Shore Pine )
Pinus coulteri ( Coulter Pine ) ...
Sierra Lodgepole Pine [English]: Pinus contorta var. murrayana
Sierra Lupine [English]: Lupinus grayi
Sierra Lupine [English]: Lupinus sellulus
Sierra Madre Acacia [English]: Acacia pennatula pennatula ...
Pinus contorta latifolia - Lodgepole Pine
Pinus coulteri - Coulter Pine; Bigcone Pine
Pinus echinata - Shortleaf Pine
Pinus edulis - Pinyon; Colorado Pinyon
Pinus elliotii - Slash Pine
Pinus flexilis - Limber Pine
Pinus glabra - Spruce Pine ...
Needles in twos, about 2 inches long, and small prickly cones that are wider than they are long distinguish the lodgepole pine. It is grown to supply Christmas trees.
There are 4 botanical varieties of the Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta (the 3 first ones are sometimes given the rank of subspecies):
- Shore Pine (Pinus contorta var. contorta), Pacific coast from Alaska to California.
I would also have included the Lodgepole Pine, the official tree of Alberta. It has lost some of its lusture because of the Pine beetle and the vast forest it has destroyed in B.C. and parts of Alberta.
Its mountain kindred the Lodgepole pine (P. contorta var. latifolia) is slender and thin-barked with many similarities in needles and cones.
Also known as Pinus divaricata; Pinus sylvestris var. divaricata
Hybridizes with Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) where their ranges overlap in central and western Canada.
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They generally grow at elevations from 3000 to 9000 ft (914 to 2743 m) above sea level. In the Cascades, white fir grows in association with lodgepole pine, sugar pine and California red fir; in the Rockies it grows with Douglas-fir.
lodgepole pine Pinus contorta var. latifolia
London rocket Sisymbrium irio
Longbeak eucalyptus; river redgum, Murray redgum Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Long's sedge Carex longii
longspine sandbur Cenchrus longispinus
loosestrife Lythrum virgatum ...
 See also: Pine, Green, Spruce, Pinus, May
  
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