Lodgy Pine - Highway 26
Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia)
Lodgepole Pine
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This could be one of the largest Lodgepole Pines in the province. Lodgy Pine - Highway 26 is a Lodgepole Pine recorded at New Ridge, Highway 26 near Porcupine Hills. Its setting helps document notable trees in Alberta foothill, mountain, ridge, trail, river, and lake landscapes. Nominated by Terry Nelson, a board member and Interior BC representative for the UBC Big Tree Registry and author of Big Trees of the Inland Temperate Forests of British Columbia.
- Species
- Lodgepole Pine
- Scientific name
- Pinus contorta var. latifolia
- Area
- Alberta
- Circumference
- 2.67 m
- Height
- 21.70 m
- Canopy spread
- 9 m
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This could be one of the largest Lodgepole Pines in the province. Lodgy Pine - Highway 26 is a Lodgepole Pine recorded at New Ridge, Highway 26 near Porcupine Hills. Its setting helps document notable trees in Alberta foothill, mountain, ridge, trail, river, and lake landscapes. Nominated by Terry Nelson, a board member and Interior BC representative for the UBC Big Tree Registry and author of Big Trees of the Inland Temperate Forests of British Columbia.
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