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- noun The
North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found inmountainous andsubalpine regions, often askrummholz .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When crops such as whitebark pine nuts are thin, the bears turn to wolves to provide carcasses as a supplement.
billingsgazette.com 2008
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The loss of the high elevation whitebark and limber pines creates a very serious problem for retaining winter snowpacks, which feed water supplies for 40 million of people, industries, agriculture and critters across the West.
Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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Invasive species are species not "native" to a habitat that basically come in and take over an area -- like the whitebark pine beetle decimating trees in Yellowstone, or pythons literally eating alligators in the Florida Everglades.
Deanna Neil: National Public Lands Day: The Psychology of Preservation Deanna Neil 2010
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Most of the thrifty whitebark and limber high elevation pine ecosystems across western United States will not be able to recover.
Dr. Reese Halter: Thanksgiving 2011: Earth Calling... SOS Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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Invasive species are species not "native" to a habitat that basically come in and take over an area -- like the whitebark pine beetle decimating trees in Yellowstone, or pythons literally eating alligators in the Florida Everglades.
Deanna Neil: National Public Lands Day: The Psychology of Preservation Deanna Neil 2010
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The loss of the high elevation whitebark and limber pines creates a very serious problem for retaining winter snowpacks, which feed water supplies for 40 million of people, industries, agriculture and critters across the West.
Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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Later, before slipping into a tightly packed glade of whitebark pine and aspen, he turns to me: Enjoy your powder experience.
Heli-Skiing in Nevada's Ruby Mountains Andrew McCarthy 2011
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The loss of the high elevation whitebark and limber pines creates a very serious problem for retaining winter snowpacks, which feed water supplies for 40 million of people, industries, agriculture and critters across the West.
Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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The loss of the high elevation whitebark and limber pines creates a very serious problem for retaining winter snowpacks, which feed water supplies for 40 million of people, industries, agriculture and critters across the West.
Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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Invasive species are species not "native" to a habitat that basically come in and take over an area -- like the whitebark pine beetle decimating trees in Yellowstone, or pythons literally eating alligators in the Florida Everglades.
Deanna Neil: National Public Lands Day: The Psychology of Preservation Deanna Neil 2010
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