lodgepole pine vs Pinus contorta

lodgepole pine and Pinus contorta both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lodgepole pine	Yes	No	No	No
Pinus contorta	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lodgepole pine and Pinus contorta are synonyms defined as:

lodgepole pine and Pinus contorta: shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares

Other synonyms of lodgepole pine include lodgepole, shore pine, spruce pine.

lodgepole pine (noun)	Pinus contorta (noun)
shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares	shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares