Excerpt from Silvics of Lodgepole Pine: May 1959 It is difficult to generalize about the climate in which lodgepole pine grows. The interior form usually is found in a cool, relatively dry climate having a wide seasonal range in temperature; the coastal form grows best in rather cool, moist zones having a relatively narrow seasonal range in tempera ture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Describes the following geographic races of Pinus contorta: Rocky Mountain-Intermountain, Sierra-Cascade, Coastal, Mendocino, White Plains, and Del Norte.