Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta

Family: Pine (Pinaceae)
AKA: Shore Pine, Twisted Pine
Photo taken on: June 22, 2007
Location: Snodgrass Mountain, GV, CO
Life Zones: Foothills to subalpine
Habitat: Dry slopes, burned areas

Can grow to 90ft. Trunks are tall and straight. Bark on mature trees is gray with orange beneath.

Needles are twisted in pairs and grow around the branches.

A tree is predominantly male or female. Pollen producing male cones are shown below. A female, which is up 2" long, with spines on the scales at left.

Flora of North America reference.