lodge pole.
there are two needles per sheathmarc, 2 or 3 needles per sheath?
I do not know what the others are, but the ones in the first picture look like Lateral Pines too me!
ed
Lateral Pines? Please excuse me but I have never heard of "Lateral Pine" what is its botanical name. I think these trees are probably Pinion Pine. Idaho is lousy with them. I spent a good deal of time last summer in that part of the country doing some family business. I do not remember running into an abundance of Ponderosa or Lodge Pole but Pinion were all over the place.
HUh ? C'mon I thought the stick out tongue emoticon would have clarified it was a joke, you see Lateral means extending from side to side ........ the first picture is sideways......
It always ruins a joke when you have to explain it to someone.
ed
HUh ? C'mon I thought the stick out tongue emoticon would have clarified it was a joke, you see Lateral means extending from side to side ........ the first picture is sideways......
It always ruins a joke when you have to explain it to someone.
ed
can you say "ponderosa"?
I think these trees are probably Pinion Pine. Idaho is lousy with them. I spent a good deal of time last summer in that part of the country doing some family business. I do not remember running into an abundance of Ponderosa or Lodge Pole but Pinion were all over the place.
The trunks are wrong for piñon (too straight and free of low branches, too rough and red) and the cones are too big and conical.
After viewing this website, http://www.idahoforests.org/trees1.htm , I would agree with HumbleTrees - lodgepole pine. You can review the morphology on the Encyclopedia of Life website eol.org