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Whitebark Pine

Pinus albicaulis

The Whitebark Pine is a special tree that grows in high mountains. It has long needles and produces tasty seeds that many animals love to eat.

Lebensraum: Mountain regions

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The Whitebark Pine has a tough, often gnarled and twisted trunk with reddish-brown bark, especially at high altitudes. Its needles are a deep green, growing in bundles of five, and it produces distinctive purplish-brown cones that stay on the tree.

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Whitebark Pine

Kategorie

Bäume

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Clark's Nutcrackers can remember thousands of secret seed stashes they buried in the mountains!

Its seeds, called pine nuts, are a yummy, energy-rich snack for bears, squirrels, and birds!

Some Whitebark Pines can survive freezing temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celsius!

These super tough trees help save snowpack longer, giving animals water later in summer!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Mountain Survivor

Whitebark Pine can grow in harsh, rocky, high-altitude environments where few other trees can survive, clinging to life near the timberline.

Fähigkeit

Nutcracker's Friend

Whitebark Pine has large, wingless seeds that are expertly harvested and buried by Clark's Nutcrackers, helping the tree spread its seeds far and wide.

Fähigkeit

Cold Resister

Whitebark Pine can withstand extreme cold and heavy snow because its flexible branches bend instead of breaking, and its needles are adapted for icy winds.

Maße und Details

Höhe
5-20 m
Canopy Spread
5-10 m
Essbar
Ja
Trunk Diameter
50-150 cm
Lebenserwartung
500-1000 Jahre
Fruit Type
Cone
Growth Rate
Langsam
Leaf Type
Evergreen

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

collects and buries seeds, aiding tree dispersal

depends on

Grizzly Bear

Ursus arctos

relies on cached seeds as a vital food source

parasitizes

Mountain Pine Beetle

Dendroctonus ponderosae

larvae bore into and kill weakened trees

shelters

American Marten

Martes americana

uses mature trees for cover and den sites

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Stay on trails and don't climb trees without adult supervision.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Whitebark Pine?

5-20 m

Was ist der/die/das canopy Spread von Whitebark Pine?

5-10 m

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Whitebark Pine?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das trunk Diameter von Whitebark Pine?

50-150 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Whitebark Pine?

500-1000 Jahre

Wo findet man Whitebark Pine normalerweise?

Mountain regions

Was ist der/die/das fruit Type von Whitebark Pine?

Cone

Was ist der/die/das growth Rate von Whitebark Pine?

Langsam

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