Up ahead, a lodgepole pine had grown with a crook in its trunk.

In Yellowstone National Park there’s an interesting tree called a Lodgepole Pine.

Some of the conifers which were introduced to New Zealand have become invasive and they include radiata pine, lodgepole pine, European larch, and Douglas dir.

The gaps in the forest created by fire also allow sun to penetrate and stimulate the growth of pioneer species like aspen, white birch, jack pine and lodgepole pine.