Introductory
SPECIES: Pinus contorta var. latifolia | Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine 



ABBREVIATION : 
PINCONL

SYNONYMS : 
   Pinus contorta ssp. latifolia (Engelm.) Critchfield


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   PICOL


COMMON NAMES : 
   Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine
   lodgepole pine
   black pine


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of lodgepole pine is Pinus
contorta Dougl. ex Loud. [46,51].  The species is divided into four
geographic varieties which differ in tree form, needle length and
structure, and cone persistence and serotiny [16]:

  var. contorta = the coastal form known as shore pine
  var. bolanderi = the Mendocino County White Plains form known as
                   Bolander pine
  var. murrayana (Grev. & Balf.) Engelm. = Sierra lodgepole pine 
  var. latifolia Engelm. = Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine

This report pertains only to variety latifolia, Rocky Mountain lodgepole
pine.

Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine and jack pine (P. banksiana) are
morphologically similar and hybridize where their ranges overlap in
western Canada [16].  


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Ronald Uchytil, February 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Uchytil, Ronald J. 1992. Pinus contorta var. latifolia. In: Remainder of Citation

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