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10-18-25

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Categories: 2025, October, October 18
Tags: #back country, #snow, #trees, #Whitebark Pine

Whitebark Pine, Pinus albicaulis, the longest lived of our great Sierra Pines, second only to Junipers for longevity (and maybe clonal Aspens?), are now considered an endangered species due to invasive blister rust fungus and climate change as their subalpine mountain top home shrinks. The tufts of orange dead needles could well be the ‘flagging’ which characterizes the onset of a blister rust infection. I’m sorry brother

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