How to Use lodgepole pine in a Sentence
lodgepole pine
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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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