Promoting healthy forests: Limber pine in the Rockies is vulnerable to long-term decline

Lauren Hines-Acosta; Kelly Burns; Anna W. Schoettle; Jane Stewart; Wade Tinkham

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Promoting healthy forests: Limber pine in the Rockies is vulnerable to long-term decline

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Lauren Hines-Acosta, Kelly Burns, Anna W. Schoettle, Jane Stewart, Wade Tinkham

Year:

2024

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), July 2024. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

Limber pine is an ecologically vital species that provides food for wildlife, facilitates the establishment of other tree species, and grows where other species struggle. A nonnative disease, white pine blister rust (WPBR), and native bark beetles are killing limber pines faster than they can grow back.

Keywords

limber pine, WPBR, Rocky Mountain native bark beetles

Citation

Hines-Acosta, Lauren; Burns, Kelly; Schoettle, Anna; Stewart, Jane; Tinkham, Wade. 2024. Promoting healthy forests: Limber pine in the Rockies is vulnerable to long-term decline. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), July 2024. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.