LODGEPOLE PINE

[lodge.pole pine] n (1859): either of two pines of western No. America with needles in pairs and short ovoid usu. asymmetric cones: a: a scrubby chiefly coastal pine (Pinus contorta) with thick deeply furrowed bark and hard strong coarse-grained medium-light wood b: a tall straight pine (P. contorta var. latifolia syn. P. murrayana) with thin and little furrowed bark and soft weak fine-grained lightweight wood