This section is from the book "Wild Flowers Of The North American Mountains", by Julia W. Henshaw. Also available from Amazon: Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains.
A small, slender tree, with very thin bark. Leaves: delicately serrulate. Fruit: cones oblong-cylindrical, slightly oblique at the base, tapering towards the apex.
The Lodge Pole Pine, often called Black or Jack Pine, is very abundant among the mountains, and may always be recognized by its light orange-brown bark. The branches are spreading below, growing upwards near the top, and forming a pyramidal head; while the leaves are light green, and the small, yellowish-brown cones are oval and shining.
Plate III
Lodge Pole Pine (Pinus contorta var. Murrayana)
 
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