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
An exhibit takes visitors through the mixed forests encountered on the peaks’ western and eastern sides, ranging from western hemlock to subalpine and back down to lodgepole pine.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
Why not give a gift that smells like the holidays — lodgepole pine, granite, meadow dew and fresh chopped wood to be exact — and supports our national parks?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
So constant was Indigenous burning in the northern Rockies that a variety of lodgepole pine evolved to have cones with scales glued shut by a sticky goo.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 17, 2020
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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