NOUN
- low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
- evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
- tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
How To Use mountain pine In A Sentence
- Other mountain flora found here include rhododendron, azalea, galax, mountain laurel, pitch pine, table mountain pine, and various ferns. Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)
- Mountain pine beetles are native to western forests, and they have evolved with the trees they infest, such as lodgepole pine and whitebark pine trees. RedOrbit News - Technology
- At the timberline belt of the Tatras mixed Pinus cembra-Larix decidua forests grow, similar those in central Alps. Above timberline, (1400 m in the north-western Carpathians to 1900 m in the south), there is a distinct krummholz zone consisting of dense thickets of mountain pine (Pinus mugo), dwarf juniper (Juniperus communis subsp. nana) and green alder (Alnus viridis). Carpathian montane conifer forests
- At the timberline belt of the Tatras mixed Pinus cembra-Larix decidua forests grow, similar those in central Alps. Above timberline, (1400 m in the north-western Carpathians to 1900 m in the south), there is a distinct krummholz zone consisting of dense thickets of mountain pine (Pinus mugo), dwarf juniper (Juniperus communis subsp. nana) and green alder (Alnus viridis). Carpathian montane conifer forests
- But as global warming snakes its way into higher altitudes, a less-welcome resident in taking up space in this fragile ecosystem: the mountain pine beetle.
- Between 1,200 – 2,500 m the forest is dominated by Andean Alder (Alnus acuminata) and Mountain Pine (Podocarpus parlatorei) or Queñoa (P. australis); at lower elevations these species form a mosaic with other trees, especially Lauraceae and Myrtaceae. Southern Andean Yungas
- As regards winter diet, the species eaten most in relation to availability was mountain pine, followed by Norway spruce, arolla pine, larch, silver fir and Scots pine.
- Among the rare and protected plants of the Carpathians are several woody species: the stone pine Pinus cembra, mountain pine Pinus mugo, and the European yew Taxus baccata. Carpathian montane conifer forests
- If mountain pine beetle grubs were to become an urban delicacy, then we could rescue the inland forests while offering an alternative to mushroom picking and tree planting summer jobs for B.C.'s youth.
- A flora unique in Europe: This is the only French national park containing all levels of vegetation: from Mediterranean vegetation (holm oak, olive tree, hop-hornbeam) to rhododendron moors and up to alpine meadows at more than 2500 meters, whilst passing through fir, spruce, mountain pine, arolla pine and especially larch forests.
