lodgepole pine

English

A lodgepole pine

Noun

lodgepole pine (countable and uncountable, plural lodgepole pines)

1. A pine tree native to northwest America, Pinus contorta.
   • 2011, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, page ix:

     I was there early in the season, when the snow still lay in thick drifts and steam wreathed through the lodgepole pines from the least thermal outlet.

Translations

Pinus contorta

• Cheyenne: hoóxe'e
• Finnish: kontortamänty (fi)
• French: pin tordu (fr) m
• German: Küsten-Kiefer f
• Klamath-Modoc: waako
• Umatilla: kalámkalam

Further reading

• lodgepole pine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pinus contorta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• lodgepole pine at USDA Plants database