Pinus contorta


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Noun1.Pinus contorta - shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United StatesPinus contorta - shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
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(2016) on ECM communities of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in south-central Oregon.
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) was the preferred tree for tipi poles.
Ericsson, "Survival of Pinus contorta and Pinus sylvestris in northern Sweden," in Proceedings of the IUFRO WP 2.02.06 Symposium, vol.
Robbins, "Growth of young Pinus ponderosa and Pinus contorta on compacted soil in central Washington," Forest Ecology and Management, vol.
Another study that Len pursued with considerable interest related to the south-to-north Holocene movement of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in southern Alberta and its possible migration from eastern British Columbia through Rocky Mountain passes into western Alberta, implying that Alberta lodgepole pine originated from two different Wisconsinan glacial refuge areas.
Elliott and Loudon (1987) tested the odour of essential oils of sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and selected monoterpenes on red deer by measuring mass of food consumed rather than time spent feeding.