Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) grows in the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to northern New Mexico, in the Black Hills and on the Pacific Coast.Poles of this tree were used by Native Americans for ...

The lodgepole pine is found on high mountain slopes at elevations above 6,000 feet and is typical of the upper foothills, in the wettest parts of the eastern slope and on western slopes in fire ...

The lodgepole pine is the only native two-needle pine in the state. But what, more specifically, might a lodgepole apocalypse mean for Oregon? To find out, Oregon Business asked folks at the Oregon ...

How lodgepole pines protect their kind against fire, mountain pine beetles infestation Date: May 31, 2011 Source: American Journal of Botany Summary: Scientists have been investigating the effect ...

Fire, disease, logging — these are mortal enemies to most trees. Yet the lodgepole pine seems to thrive after disaster, and that is a bit of good news for Summit forests devastated by the ...

GRAND LAKE, Colorado – It is amazing that the mountain pine beetle, which is only from one-eighth to one-third inches long, can cause such extensive damage in the lodgepole pine forests of Colorado.

The Champion Lodgepole Pine is about 440 years old, which means it germinated around 1560, about four years before Shakespeare was born. The drive to get there, over sometimes wildly rocky road ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Scientists predict that lodgepole pine — one of the most common trees at higher elevations in the Cascades and Rockies — will be largely gone from the Northwest by 2080 ...

Here we present data from subalpine plots dominated by lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) at the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site on the Colorado Front Range that aims to improve the ...

In Breckenridge, however, not many tree species other than lodgepole are growing back in the zones that have been clear cut. Hoping to see a different kind of vegetation rise from a former pine forest ...

Lodgepole and foxtail pine are commonly found above timberline, but the Jeffrey stood out as “not belonging there.” The hike resulted in a new elevation record for the Jeffrey pine, now ...