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.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 2 Living or Extinct Comparison
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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
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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.
View the Source2. Plants For A Future: Pinus albicaulis plant record
Plants For A FutureMedicinal UsesQuote, Medicinal Uses
The turpentine obtained from the resin of all pine trees is antiseptic, diuretic, rubefacient and vermifuge[4].
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
View the Source 4. NatureServe Explorer: Pinus albicaulis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G3"
In Biome: Alpine, Species characteristics: Alpine
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Alpine"
View the Source 5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387Quote, 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":[]
6. Whitebark Pine (Wikipedia)
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13220Quote, 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":[]
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, 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.
Yellowstone National Park (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Article textQuote, 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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