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Pinus contorta, with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, [3] and contorta pine, [3] is a common tree in western North America. It is common near the ocean shore and in dry montane forests to the subalpine, but is rare in lowland rain forests.
The coastal form of lodgepole pine (var. contorta) is often found on Histosols (peat bogs or muskegs) in southeastern Alaska, British Columbia, and western Washington, and on dry, sandy, or gravelly sites farther south along the coast on Inceptisols, Alfisols, and Ultisols.
The Lodgepole Pine, scientifically known as Pinus contorta, is a species of pine native to western North America. Lodgepole Pine’s range extends from the northernmost parts of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in Canada, southwards through the western United States, and into northern Baja California in Mexico. From the Pacific Coast, it ...
Lodgepole pine is a highly adaptable tree that grows throughout most of B.C.’s interior, from mid-elevation to subalpine sites. It thrives in all sorts of environments, from water-logged bogs to dry, sandy soils. Lodgepole pine is one of the first trees to come back after a wildfire.
Lodgepoles are the only pine in Yellowstone whose needles grow in groups of two. They can be up to 75 feet tall. Lodgepole pine trees have very thin bark and can be killed by ground fires.
Lodgepole pine is a species which grows throughout the west, as far north as the Yukon and south to Baja California. It ranges east to the Black Hills of South Dakota and west all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Oregon's only native two-needle pine, Pinus contorta, commonly called lodgepole pine, is widely distributed across the state in a variety of diverse ecological habitats, from windswept ocean shores to mountaintops.
Anyone who has visited Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park has encountered lodgepole pine. It may not be elegant, but lodgepole pine is perhaps the most adaptable tree in North America.
Lodgepole Pine is a large columnar needled evergreen tree native to the western U.S.A. and Canada from Alaska south and east to SD, UT and CO. The seed cones often stay closed but open after a fire to reforest an area. This tree prefers moist to dry well-drained loams in full sun.
Lodgepole Pine, indigenous to the western regions of North America, has a reputation for its tall, straight growth pattern. This tree has not just played an ecological role in its native forests but has also been intertwined with human history.