How to Use lodgepole pine in a Sentence

lodgepole pine

noun
  • The couple did splurge on the ceiling, which is clad in lodgepole pine.
    Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • To complicate things further, the resin of lodgepole pine is flammable.
    Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Feb. 2022
  • For instance, lodgepole pines, a staple tree of the Western United States, need the heat from wildfires to release their seeds.
    Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Nathan Gill trims weeds in a seed tray his team is using to study the germination and survival of lodgepole pine and Douglas fir seeds.
    Kristen Pope, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Mature lodgepole pines have been broken by the blast, undermined and then washed away by the geyser's massive discharge.
    Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The wildfire is churning through forests of conifer and lodgepole pine wracked by drought this year followed by a long-running heat wave that has left much of the high-desert ecosystem parched and primed to burn.
    oregonlive, 15 July 2021
  • The lodgepole pine, for instance, begins producing viable seeds at 5 to 10 years old.
    Kristen Pope, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2018
  • So constant was Indigenous burning in the northern Rockies that a variety of lodgepole pine evolved to have cones with scales glued shut by a sticky goo.
    Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Colter Bay campground is nestled in a forest of lodgepole pine near the shores of Jackson Lake, offering stunning views of the Teton range reflected in the cold, clear waters.
    Joshua Gunter, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The home itself is built from lodgepole pine native to the Northern Rocky Mountains and features a two-story waterfall and trout stream in the entryway, according to the listing.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • In the Himalayan Garden, a lone lodgepole pine shades attractive Himalayan blue poppies, lilies and rhododendrons.
    Jeanine Barone, The Know, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The trail continues to climb easily but steadily, through a lodgepole pine forest, with limited views.
    Danika Worthington, The Know, 19 June 2020
  • The Bootleg Fire is churning through forests of ponderosa and lodgepole pine wracked by drought this year followed by a long-running heat wave that has left much of the high-desert ecosystem parched and primed to burn, the Oregonian reported.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 16 July 2021
  • During the state’s earliest days, a strange, deadly disease emerged from these dark lodgepole pine forests, striking down settlers with a black rash and raging infection.
    Megan Molteni, Wired, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Jonsson and his volunteers then plant the appropriate species for the plot — birch, Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine, Russian larch or other species.
    Author: Henry Fountain, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Wildfire frequency also factors in: Ponderosa pine forests are adapted to withstand blazes as often as once a decade, compared to lodgepole pine stands that might burn every few hundred years.
    Matthew Brown and Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2022
  • Her research — and the coming murals — is focused on Yellowstone’s lodgepole pine forests, which are projected to burn more frequently, leaving vistas more open and meadow-filled.
    Mike Koshmrl, chicagotribune.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Most of those other species — Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine, black cottonwood — originated in Alaska.
    Author: Henry Fountain, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • From Inciweb's latest update: Extreme fire behavior was observed including short periods where the fire advanced through the crowns of the mature lodgepole pine forest.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2013
  • In the early aughts, aided by worsening climate change, lodgepole pine forests were devastated by invasive bark beetles and massive wildfires.
    Lauren Markham, Wired, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Another clue to the park's history lies in specimens of mineralized lodgepole pine wood collected by scientists as part of the Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment last summer.
    Jacqueline Keeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2022

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