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 ...

They inhabit lodgepole ... down through the branches and trunk to the roots.) Beetle populations then decline to endemic or normal levels. Pine beetles kill trees by boring through the bark ...

The lodgepole pine cone is designed to be “activated” by fire or heat, and lays dormant until such disturbances occur. When they do, the cones release seeds that take root and grow quickly.

Over the past decade the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendrocthonus ponderosae) has killed millions of pine trees from New Mexico to the Yukon Territory ... but the current outbreak is mainly in lodgepole ...

After more than a decade, the mountain pine beetle epidemic that surged through British Columbia appears finally to be in remission. Having devastated the province's lodgepole pine forests ...

You might also love upon the lodgepole while you're making your branch-big list, for these pine trees are truly magnificent to behold. And beholding one of the most royal of the lodgepoles ...

Lodgepole pine, a hardy tree species that plays a key role in many western ecosystems in North America, is already shrinking in range as a result of climate change -- and may almost disappear from ...