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D. brevicomis. Binomial name. Dendroctonus brevicomis. LeConte, 1876. Dendroctonus brevicomis, the western pine beetle, is a species of crenulate bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America [1][2][3] and parts of Mexico. [4] It is known as a destructive pest of ponderosa and Coulter pine trees. [5]
The western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis), sometimes abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains (California to British Columbia, east to Idaho Minnesota and Nevada) but has in recent times expanded its range to eastern North America ...
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 millimetres (1⁄4 in), about the size of a grain of rice. In western North America, an outbreak of the beetle and ...
P. californicus. Binomial name. Prionus californicus. Motschulsky, 1845. Prionus californicus, commonly known as the California root borer, is a species of insect in the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). It is native to the American west where it is often a pest of orchard and vine crops.
Description. Common names include pine sawyer, western pine sawyer, spined woodborer, and ponderosa pine borer. [2] A taxonomic synonym is Ergates spiculatus. [2] This beetle species develops on fallen ponderosa pines and Douglas firs. [3] T. spiculatus is the largest species of wood boring beetle in Colorado.
Western white pine is a large tree, regularly growing to 30–50 metres (98–164 ft) tall. It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five, [5] with a deciduous sheath. The needles are finely serrated, [5] and 5–13 cm (2–5 in) long.
Bass Lake, like many regions in the western United States, has grappled with significant beetle infestations, notably the mountain pine beetle and the western pine beetle, which have severely damaged the local pine forests. [24] In addition to beetle infestations, Bass Lake has been affected by drought and numerous record-setting wildfires in ...
Pinus albicaulis is the only type of tree on the summit of Pywiack Dome in Yosemite National Park. Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white bark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, [4] is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine areas of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Pacific ...