| 1. | Trees in this community include Whitebark Pine and Mountain Hemlock.
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| 2. | Whitebark pine forest could be replaced with Douglas fir.
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| 3. | Whitebark pines are the cause of most concern.
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| 4. | Siberian dwarf pine, mountain pine, whitebark pine and the bristlecone pines ).
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| 5. | The whitebark pine produces cones with pea-size nuts that bears eat in the fall.
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| 6. | Enter the global warming factor and a disease that affects whitebark pines called European blister rust.
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| 7. | Distinguishing whitebark pine ( " Pinus albicaulis " ), from the related cones.
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| 8. | This U . S . group collaborates closely with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada.
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| 9. | At the highest elevations, forests consist of subalpine fir alongside whitebark pine and Engelmann spruce.
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| 10. | The whitebark pine is a keystone species in upper subalpine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains.
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