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Whitebark Pine

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Whitebark Pine is a high elevation pine native to the mountains of western North America, found in subalpine and treeline zones of the Rocky Mountains, Cascades and Sierra Nevada from British Columbia and Alberta south to California and Wyoming. It grows as a gnarled, often multi stemmed tree at the harsh upper limit of tree growth, and its large, wingless seeds are dispersed almost entirely by Clark's Nutcracker, a bird that caches the seeds and thereby regenerates the species. The tree has declined severely across much of its range due to the introduced disease white pine blister rust, native bark beetle outbreaks and altered fire regimes, leading to its listing as a threatened species in parts of its range. Whitebark Pine seeds are also an important food source for grizzly bears in some ecosystems.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G3 Vulnerable 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Pinus albicaulis 3
Conservation Status
Endangered 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pinopsida, Taxa
Source Pinus albicaulis (Wikidata)

In Biome

Alpine, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Pinus albicaulis

In Ecosystem

Source Wikidata: Mountain Goat
Additional Source Yellowstone National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Pinus albicaulis (Wikipedia)
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 331895
    Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white bark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Ca
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white bark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine areas of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Pacific Coast Ranges, Rocky Mountains, and Ruby Mountains.
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2. Plants For A Future: Pinus albicaulis plant record
Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses
Quote, Medicinal Uses
The turpentine obtained from the resin of all pine trees is antiseptic, diuretic, rubefacient and vermifuge[4].
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3. Pinus albicaulis (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q761480 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pinopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Pinus albicaulis
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G3"
  • In Biome: Alpine, Species characteristics: Alpine
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Alpine"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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6. Whitebark Pine (Wikipedia)
infobox status=ENView the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13220
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13220
"cites_listing":"III/NC","eu_listing":"C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Pinaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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Yellowstone National Park (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Article text
Quote, In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Article text
Other conifers, such as subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir and whitebark pine, are found in scattered groves throughout the park.
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