Pinus contorta, with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America.It is common near the ocean shore and in dry montane forests to the subalpine, but is rare in lowland rain forests.Like all pines (member species of the genus Pinus), it is an evergreen conifer

The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia.It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 millimetres (1 ⁄ 4 in), about the size of a grain of rice.. In western North America, a recent outbreak of the mountain pine beetle and its microbial …

Pinus flexilis, the limber pine, is a species of pine tree-the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada.It is also called Rocky Mountain white pine.. A limber pine in Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon, has been documented as over 2,000 years old, and another one was confirmed at 1,140 years old. Another candidate for the oldest …

A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was considered a distinct family (Scolytidae), but is now understood to be a specialized clade of the "true weevil" family (Curculionidae).Although the term "bark beetle" refers to the fact that many species feed in the inner bark (phloem) layer of trees, the subfamily also has many species …

Shoshone National Forest (/ ʃ oʊ ˈ ʃ oʊ n iː / shoh-SHOH-nee) is the first federally protected National Forest in the United States and covers nearly 2,500,000 acres (1,000,000 ha) in the state of Wyoming. Originally a part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve, the forest is managed by the United States Forest Service and was created by an act of Congress and signed into law …

Calgary (/ ˈ k æ l ɡ ər i / KAL-gər-ee) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces.As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the ...

Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) ... That is an easy way to tell it apart from the similar lodgepole pine in more western areas of North America. The cones on mature trees are serotinous. They open when exposed to intense heat, greater than or equal to 50 °C (122 °F). The typical case is in a fire, however cones on the lower branches can open when ...

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus (/ ˈ p iː n uː s /) of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts 187 species names of pines as current, together with more synonyms. The American Conifer Society (ACS) and the Royal …

Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming.At approximately 310,000 acres (1,300 km 2), the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole.Grand Teton National Park is only 10 miles (16 km) south of Yellowstone National Park, …

Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California.The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects 404,064 acres (631 sq mi; 163,519 ha; 1,635 km 2) of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains the highest point in the …