What: Electric gold barely seems sufficient to describe the needles of this beguiling Pacific Northwest native lodgepole pine cultivar discovered in northeastern Oregon. The new growth of Pinus ...

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 the twists ...

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Thanks to its excellent growth, the Canadian lodgepole pine has become a popular feature of forestry in Northern Sweden. Researchers are now able to demonstrate that organisms in the Swedish soil most ...

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Invasive plant species that have the potential to alter fire regimes have significant impacts on native ecosystems. Concern that pine invasions in the Southern Hemisphere will increase fire activity ...

Scientists have been investigating the effect of mountain pine beetle outbreaks on lodgepole pines in British Columbia. They have discovered that seeds from cones on the forest floor may provide a ...

Better understanding of hydrologic processes in soil are needed to improve understanding of ecosystem changes that could result from climate change and mountain pine beetle mortality in Colorado’s ...

Sure, Monterey has its cypress, but we've got the shore pine, and it offers gardeners a similar windswept appearance when grown on a cliff over Puget Sound. The shore pine is a wonderful small conifer ...

Day 2 of the Bluewater International Ski Club’s trip to Whitefish, Mont. was a disappointment, a chance you take when you strap on a pair of skis. Whitefish Mountain Resort is a ski resort with a good ...