lodgepole pine

P. contorta var. contorta is a spreading conifer to around 15m tall and 7.5m wide forming an upright tree with a flat or irregularly rounded crownin sheltered spots but assuming a more shrub-like form with bent ortwistedbranches when grown incoastal areas and exposed to highwinds and salt spray. The needle-like leaves 3-6cm long are arranged in pairs and may be twisted; yellow-brown cones 3-7cm long are borne in pairs or clusters and their scales have a slender recurved spine