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(of conifers) having five needles.

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  • Experience has indicated that many of the oldest five-needled pines have experienced cambial dieback to varying degrees.
  • However, there have been a number of whitebark pine trees found to be resistant to the nonnative pathogen white pine blister rust, which has been a major threat to whitebark...
  • These mycorrhizal fungi are specific to five-needled pines, including whitebark and limber pines.
  • Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a five-needled conifer species whose coastal distribution extends from the Bulkley Mountains in British Columbia to the northeastern...
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