The Trees of Wyoming. 



it. It is largely used for fuel and possibly for other do- 

 mestic purposes. 



(3) LODGEPOLE PINE. 



(Pmus Murray ana "Greg. Com.") 

 "Silent sea of pines." Coleridge. 



Description. Leaves in bundles of two, about 2 inches long; cones, 

 small, reflexed, adhering tenaciously to the branches, which are often marked 

 by the dead, persistent cones of the previous years; scales in the cone com- 

 pact, the thickened, quadrangular ends tipped with delicate recurved prickles. 



The most abundant of our pines. It usually occurs 

 in large tracts as a dense forest and is found in all of our 



mountain ranges, es- 

 pecially on the moister 

 slopes and where the 

 winter snows are abun- 

 dant. It prefers mid- 

 dle elevations, 6,000 to 

 9,000 feet. When grow- 

 ing in dense tracts it is 

 exceedingly slender for 

 its height and no doubt 

 was formerly the source 

 from which the Indian 

 secured the light, slen- 

 der poles for his wig- 

 wam. Poles 40 to 50 

 feet in length a man 

 may very easily carry. 

 When the trees are 



IX. Lodgepole Pine. Cones, twig and leaf bundle. scat tering they beCOme 



less pole-like and attain a diameter of a foot or more. 

 This species has furnished in Wyoming much the larger 

 part of the poles for the miles and miles of fences. The 



