Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Pinaceae · coniferous tree · native
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Pinus contorta var. latifolia (Pinaceae) is the inland variety of lodgepole pine, native to the mountains of western North America from the Yukon south to Colorado and Oregon. It grows to 110 feet tall with a straight, slender trunk that self-prunes in dense stands. It forms the dominant tree species across vast areas of montane forest.
Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine grows in full sun on a wide range of soils at middle to high elevations. Dense, even-aged stands are characteristic, arising after stand-replacing fires. Mountain pine beetle is the most significant threat, causing large-scale mortality across the western interior. Hardy in Zones 3a to 8b.
Quick Facts
Height
110 ft
Light
Full Sun
Hardiness
Zone Zones 3a–8b
Origin
Pacific Northwest native
Diseases (26)
Endocronartium harknessii Western Gall Rust Cronartium ribicola White Pine Blister Rust Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Lophodermium spp. Lophodermium Needle Cast Lophodermella concolor Lophodermella Needle Cast Elytroderma deformans Elytroderma Needle Cast Arceuthobium spp. (parasitic plant) Dwarf Mistletoe Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Symptom category — not a single disease Canker Cyclaneusma minus Cyclaneusma Needle Cast Several soilborne Damping-off Dothistroma septosporum (and/or D Dothistroma Needle Blight (Red Band) Botrytis cinerea Gray Mold Heterobasidion annosum Heterobasidion Root Disease In most Hypocotyl Rot and Root Rot Davisomycella medusa Medusa Needle Blight Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast Gymnosporangium spp. Needle Rusts Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Pine Wilt Armillaria ostoyae Root Rot (Armillaria ostoyae) Phytophthora spp. Root Rot (Phytophthora spp.) Excess sodium chloride Salt Damage Sirococcus conigenus Sirococcus Shoot Blight Stem decay Stem Decay Diaporthe vaccinii or Diplodia tip blight agents Tip Blight Diaporthe vaccinii Twig Blight
Pests (23)
Eriophyidae Eriophyid mite Pineus strobi Pine bark adelgid Dioryctria spp. Coneworm Pine Aphid Pissodes strobi White pine weevil Tetranychidae Spider mite Synanthedon sequoiae Sequoia pitch moth Pine Needle Sheathminer Pine Sheath Miner Chionaspis pinifoliae Pine needle scale Pine Butterfly Coloradia pandora Pandora moth Dendroctonus ponderosae Mountain pine beetle Rhyacionia buoliana European pine shoot moth Nuculaspis californica Black pineleaf scale Coneworm and shoot moth Cinara spp. Giant conifer aphid Zelleria haimbachi Pine needle sheathminer Neodiprion spp. Pine sawfly Neophasia menapia Pine white butterfly Eulachnus agilis Powdery pine needle aphid Otiorhynchus spp. Root weevil Schizolachnus piniradiatae Woolly pine needle aphid Pine sheath miner
Cultivars (2)
'Chief Joseph'
Common name: Chief Joseph Lodgepole Pine; Mature height: mature_spread:; Origin: Pacific Northwest
'Taylor's Sunburst'
Common name: Taylor's Sunburst Lodgepole Pine; Mature height: 6 ft; Origin: Pacific Northwest