lodgepole pine
Americannoun
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a tall, narrow, slow-growing coniferous tree, Pinus contorta, of western North America, having egg-shaped cones that remain closed for years.
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the wood of this tree, used as timber.
Etymology
Origin of lodgepole pine
Example Sentences
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Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole pine.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
At the edge of their campground in Yellowstone National Park in June, Susanne and her husband, Benjamin “Bennangy” Anguiano, gazed at the lodgepole pine tree forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024
Lacking that natural patchwork, thick stands of Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir and lodgepole pine were primed for ignition when lighting sparked the Tripod complex.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
Wildfire frequency also factors in: Ponderosa pine forests are adapted to withstand blazes as often as once a decade, compared to lodgepole pine stands that might burn every few hundred years.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2022
Fifteen years after the eruption, the ravaged slopes were dotted with trees and woody shrubs: red alder, lodgepole pine, willow bush.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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