What: Who is not impressed by the beauty and toughness of this versatile Pacific Northwest native pine? Pinus contorta var. contorta, commonly known as shore pine, will grow in almost any location ...

Contorta pine trees were meant to be a friend - planted to battle erosion. They now infest nearly a million hectares of the South Island.

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 ...

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 ...

Learn all about these conifers that are ubiquitous in North America. Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The ...

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 ...

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 ...