Whitebark and Foxtail Pine in the Sierra Nevada: assessing stand structure and condition

Sierra Nevada Network. 2019. Whitebark and Foxtail Pine in the Sierra Nevada: assessing stand structure and condition. National Park Service

The Sierra Nevada Network Inventory & Monitoring Program participates in a collaborative monitoring project that tracks change in high-elevation white pines in several Pacific West Region national parks. Sierra Nevada white pines include whitebark, foxtail, limber (P. flexilis), western white (P. monticola), and sugar (P. lambertiana) pine. This Publication Brief highlights whitebark pine and foxtail pine stand structure and condition in Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite national parks, based on an initial assessment of monitoring data collected between 2012 and 2017 and published in a special issue of Forests: Ecology and Restoration of Whitebark Pine.

Type
Resource Brief
Authors
Sierra Nevada Network
Date of Issue
2019
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
IMD , SEKI , SIEN , YOSE
Keywords
Cronartium ribicola, Dendroctonus ponderosae, forest demography, foxtail pine, high-elevation forest brief, long-term monitoring, mountain pine beetle, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus balfouriana, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sierra Nevada, stand condition, stand structure, white pine blister rust, whitebark pine, Yosemite National Park
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Infestations and Disease | Insect Pests , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Infestations and Disease | Plant Diseases , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities

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