lodgepole pine
noun
lodge·pole pine ˈläj-ˌpōl- 
: any of several pines of western North America with needles in pairs and short ovoid usually asymmetric cones: such as
a
: a small chiefly coastal pine (Pinus contorta var. contorta) with thick deeply furrowed bark and hard strong coarse-grained medium-light wood
b
: a tall straight pine (P. contorta var. latifolia) with thin and little furrowed bark and soft weak fine-grained lightweight wood
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web On the northern shores of Redfish Lake south of Stanley, Glacier View Campground (from $22; open May to September) has 65 sites tucked into a lodgepole pine forest at the base of the Sawtooth Range. 
The Editors, Outside Online, 12 July 2021 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 Named Hidden Hollow Ranch, the rustic mansion was built in 2011 from twisted, lodgepole pine shipped in from the Northern Rockies. Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022 Surrounding the ruins of Rosal is a commercial forest of Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine, owned by the public body Forestry and Land Scotland. Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022 Named Hidden Hollow Ranch, the rustic mansion was built in 2011 from twisted, lodgepole pine shipped in from the Northern Rockies. Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022 Named Hidden Hollow Ranch, the rustic mansion was built in 2011 from twisted, lodgepole pine shipped in from the Northern Rockies. Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022 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 At the center sits a 20,000-square-foot cabin built from lodgepole pine from the northern Rocky Mountains. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022 See More
The Editors, Outside Online, 12 July 2021 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 Named Hidden Hollow Ranch, the rustic mansion was built in 2011 from twisted, lodgepole pine shipped in from the Northern Rockies. Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022 Surrounding the ruins of Rosal is a commercial forest of Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine, owned by the public body Forestry and Land Scotland. Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022 Named Hidden Hollow Ranch, the rustic mansion was built in 2011 from twisted, lodgepole pine shipped in from the Northern Rockies. Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022 Named Hidden Hollow Ranch, the rustic mansion was built in 2011 from twisted, lodgepole pine shipped in from the Northern Rockies. Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022 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 At the center sits a 20,000-square-foot cabin built from lodgepole pine from the northern Rocky Mountains. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above