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Topic(s):
Fire Ecology
Insects & Disease
Fire & Bark Beetles
Insects & Disease
Fire & Bark Beetles
Ecosystem(s):
Alpine forest/krummholz, Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest
NRFSN number: 8392
FRAMES RCS number: 7361
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This article describes the whitebark pine tree and the tough environment it lives in, the hazards it faces, and how it fits the environment ecologically.
Citation
Smith, Jane Kapler. 2007. Tough trees at timberline - Whitebark pines in peril. Montana Naturalist. Winter 2007-2008. p 13.