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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wilding pines smother wildlife, natives and everything. Made with funding from NZ On Air. It looks like a harmless Christmas tree but Pinus Contorta is wreaking havoc on the landscape in some parts of ...

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 ...

Ian Atkinson, ecologist, contemplates a 7-year-old Pinus contorta. Also known as lodgepole pine, it is native to the United States' Rocky Mountains and survives in low-fertility, high-altitude ...

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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 ...