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Native Trees of Canada 



In Canada this tree is found only in the interior of southern British Columbia. 

 It will grow on almost any kind of soil and, owing to its deep tap-root, will thrive 

 in very dry, sandy, and gravelly situations. 



The wood of the western yellow pine is fairly soft and the better grades 

 resemble the wood of white pine {Pinus Strohus), 



PINUS MURRAYANA, Balf. LODGEPOLE PINE 



Common names: Lodgepole pine, black pine, scrub pine*, shore pine 



(Coast of British Columbia), western jack pine, white pine* 



(Alberta), cypress* (Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.) 



French name: Pin de Murray. 



The lodgepole pine has a very large range, extending over the whole of British 



Columbia and into the Yukon territory on the north and the western part of Alberta 



on the east; and is extremely variable in its characteristics. In the western part 



