Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine and limber pine are both five-needled trees that are adapted to growing in rocky and windy environments. ... dwarf mistletoe, white pine blister rust and wildfires.

Dwarf mistletoe attacks lodgepole, limber, ponderosa, Douglas fir and pinyon pines. ... “Blue Jazz” — a dwarf pinyon pine from the popular Plant Select Program.

Our region’s dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium spp.) is a parasitic cousin of the Christmas plant that grows on ponderosa, lodgepole, limber and pinion pine and Douglas fir instead of hardwood trees.

Pines infected with dwarf mistletoe develop swollen twigs and branches. The swelling is due to the development of roots of the parasitic mistletoe inside the infected twig or branch. The twig must ...

Sixteen species of the leafless dwarf mistletoe infect only trees in the pine family and are mostly found along the West Coast. The American mistletoe, the one used at Christmas in the U.S., ...

In Colorado, the term mistletoe can invoke images of either stolen kisses at Christmastime or parasitic infestations that mar pine trees. So which is it? “The truth is, mistletoe is responsible ...

Sixteen species of the leafless dwarf mistletoe infect only trees in the pine family and are mostly found along the West Coast. The American mistletoe, the one used at Christmas in the U.S., ...

BEND, Ore. — At first glance, it looks like any other mid-elevation forest in the Central Oregon Cascades. Dominated by ponderosa pine, manzanita and snowbrush, this place appears to be typical ...