Managing for Healthy White Pine Ecosystems in the United States to Reduce the Impacts of White Pine Blister Rust
Samman S, Schwandt JW, Wilson JL. 2003. Managing for Healthy White Pine Ecosystems in the United States to Reduce the Impacts of White Pine Blister Rust. R1-03-118. Missoula, MT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this report we outline the urgent need for vision, focus, and leadership to manage a non-native invasive disease that threatens the stability and survival of white pine ecosystems in 40 of our 50 states. All nine of our native white pine species are at risk and include some of the oldest, most majestic, and ecologically or culturally significant pine species in the United States. White pines play critical roles in forest development and integrity. Without white pines these forest communities would be altered dramatically. Historically, white pines thrived because of their ability to regenerate in openings created by fire, outgrow their competitors, and resist many native insects and pathogens. All species of white pine are susceptible at all ages to a non-native fungus which causes white pine blister rust.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Samman, Safiya; Schwandt, John; Wilson, Jill
- Date of Issue
- 2003-09
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Management, Pinus albicaulis (Scrub Pine White Pine Whitebark Pine), White Pine Blister Rust