There are seven species of pine native to Florida, ... All five pine bark beetles feed and breed in the inner bark of pine trees. It is here the insect will go through its four life stages; ...

Native Pine Bark Beetles are found under the bark of local pines. The location on the tree will help determine which of the five species on native beetles is being viewed.

Extreme drought and bark beetles now threaten California's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine.

The herbivores in this study were large pine weevils (Hylobius abietis L.), common pests in European coniferous forests that feed on tree bark and kill young seedlings.Clearcutting of forests ...

An indirect cause of pine decline in the years following a hurricane is infestation by bark beetles. As the name implies, bark beetles feed on the inner bark layers of trees which contain phloem ...

I f you’ve ever wanted to be the kind of hiker who can tell the difference between a Doug fir and a pine tree, you’ve come to the right place. Every species of tree has unique characteristics ...

Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, ... the trees have proven vulnerable to bark beetles that have killed millions of acres of ... The species is not commercially harvested, ...

We are 9 months post-Hurricane Michael, and just as we thought we had dealt with most of the dead and damaged trees in our landscapes there seems to be a second wave of tree decline. Over the past … ...

About 100 whitebark pine tree seedlings were recently planted in Central Oregon. The tree population has been declining due to fungal disease, bark beetles and climate change.