Lodgepole pines can send distress signals warning nearby trees of an imminent attack from mountain pine beetles and urging them to get their defences in place, a new study from the University of ...

Depending on subspecies, the lodgepole pine can grow as an evergreen shrub or tree. The shrub form is stunted when it grows near timberline and is approximately 3.3-9.8 ft. high. The tree form can ...

In an area where lodgepole has been logged with little disturbance to the ground, “the grass takes over, and ironically grass does a really good job of outcompeting the little baby pine trees,” Cada ...

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 ...

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) is the most widespread pine species in North America; ranging from the Yukon to California’s Baja. The Latin part of its scientific name “contorta” refers to ...

CHAMPION LODGEPOLE PINE: This mega tree stands at over 110 feet, and it is located near an easy-to-hike trail. As for a few way-cool facts you can share with the kids as you make the drive up the ...

The researchers looked at two of the most common fungal pathogens that infect mature lodgepole pine trees in Western Canada — Atropellis canker and western gall rust.

That is 1,860 feet higher in elevation than the highest Jeffrey pine on record and even higher than lodgepole, limber and foxtail pines. To date, none of the six traditional subalpine forest species ...

ALMOST 20 years after a devastating attack on lodgepole pine trees throughout Scotland, forest managers have been warned that the pine beauty moth caterpillar has returned to plantations in ...