Lodgepole Pine

Common Names in Use

• Lodgepole Pine (Wyo., Wash., Mont., Idaho., Colo.)

• Prickly Pine (Utah)

• Sand Pine (Oreg)

• Birdseye Pine (Idaho., Wyo.)

• Scrub Pine

• Black Pine (Wyo., Mont.)

• Shore Pine (lit)

• Bolander’s Pine

• Spruce Pine (Colo., Idaho., Mont.)

• Henderson’s Pine

• Tamarack Pine (Calif., Wash.)

• Jack Pine (Colo.)

• Tamarack (Wyo., Utah., Mont., Calif., and trade)

• Knotty Pine

• Murray Pine (Calif., lit.)

• Twisted Pine (Eastern States)

• North Coast Scrub Pine (Calif., lit.)

• White Pine (Mont., Colo.)

_{Fox Tail Pine (left), Lodgepole Pine (right)}

_{Lodgepole Pine Cone}

Growth Range

The growth range of Lodgepole Pine is from southern Alaska, western Canada southward through Washington, Oregon and California and eastward into most of the Rocky Mountain region as far south as New Mexico and northern Utah.

The Wood

The heartwood varies in color from a light yellow to a creamy yellowish light brown-tan sometimes having a reddish tinge, while the sapwood is narrow and nearly white. The wood is moderately hard, stiff, straight grained, medium fine-textured, and brittle. It contains numerous fine resin ducts which exude resin. It is easy to work, glues well and holds paint reasonably well. The tangential surfaces frequently have a “dimpled” or pebbled appearance resembling “bird’s-eye” because of which it is sometimes called Bird’s-eye Pine.

_{Lodgepole Pine wood}

Bibliography

Shelley E. Schoonover (American Woods) 1951 (Watling & Co. ) Santa Monica, CA