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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 ...
Young spring growth ("candles") on a loblolly pine: Monterey pine bark: Monterey pine cone on forest floor: Whitebark pine in the Sierra Nevada: Hartweg's pine forest in Mexico: The bark of a pine in Tecpan, Guatemala: A pine, probably P. pseudostrobus, in Guatemala
Pinus bungeana (Chinese: 白皮松; pinyin: báipísōng; Japanese: シロマツ; Korean: 백송; RR: baeksong), also known by the common names Bunge's pine, [2] lacebark pine and white-barked pine, is a pine tree native to northeastern and central China.
That's how some 300,000 whitebark pine seedlings came to be in two greenhouses at the Coeur d'Alene Nursery, a sea of green on waist-high tables. White tags are interspersed throughout, relaying ...
Aug. 8—Three national parks in Washington are getting money for restoring whitebark pine trees as part of a nationwide investment in strengthening climate resilience in national parks. The U.S ...
Pinus flexilis, the limber pine, is a species of pine tree in the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is also called Rocky Mountain white pine. A limber pine in Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon, has been documented as over 2,000 years old, and another one was confirmed at 1,140 years old.
Most pine species are wind-dispersed and their seeds are flat and winged. However, whitebark pine and limber pine both have non-winged, succulent seeds that have probably co-evolved with Clark's nutcrackers. [16] [17] These birds, which use the seeds as a staple food source, cache seeds in the soil and in cracks of rocks. Like most caching ...
Whitebark pine is in decline throughout its range, due to infection by white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola), widespread outbreaks of mountain pine beetle, and the long-term effects of fire suppression. [11] Clark's nutcracker is an integral part of the whitebark pine restoration process: Clark's nutcracker must remain in whitebark pine ...