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True Weevils (Family Curculionidae)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
on spruce. with a 'shepherds crook'. heavy spruce planted. moist site. attacks juvenile trees
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
uses a secondary host like most rusts. this case kinnikinnic. needle transfer. all natural spruces affected. upper part of the tree usual. not so bad- reduced value
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
low end pest. after logging pest. doesnt go deep. only attacks downed trees. specific wood borer ee need to id. wood borer bore right into sapwood as opposed to bark beetles which consume cambium and phloem
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
woody. brown underside. ranked fairly high on the badass scale because extends and penetrates thru sapwood to get to heartwood. affects sap wood
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
larger longitudinal galleries. not so snaky. typical lifecycle is 2 yr. adult beetles attack tree inmay june. egg gallery is the big longitudinal gallery. larval gallerys are smaller and lateral. inclined to hit downed or dead timber. stand ex. beetle attacking living trees because of a pop explosion after beetle first targeted windfall
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
spiderweb like galleries originating from nuptial chamber where eggs are laid. pinholes will I'd in green attack
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Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
long longitudinal egg galleries with a 'j'. larval galleries lateral. beetles introduce bluestain fungus which interupts flow and nutrience of tree. can hit pw and even py-low chance
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Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
spikier. spiky stem and spiny flower. compared to canada thistle
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Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)Observer
alexsoukup
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
bigger problem in dense pine monoculture. not a big problem in endrmic (natural) levels. can ve on branches or stem
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Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
no spines on stem
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True Weevils (Family Curculionidae)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
subtle. not so dramatic.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
typically confused with armallaria. jesper thinks this is a major problem in low elevation sites. prevalent in west koots. hits cedar which is yer most valueable tree. attack stands which are not that old- big deal. light brown/purplish fruiting body at base. rotren wood peels off on planes.
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
light pink pitch tubes. intact green crown. attacked in spring
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Engraver Beetles (Genus Ips)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
attack pl and py. can be present where mountain pine veetle has attacked. galleries very similar to balsam bark beetle- nuptial chamber with larval galleries spreading outward. no frass in galleries. usually a secondary attacker.
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Lodgepole Pine Dwarf-Mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
doesn't cause direct mottality. opens the tree up to more pathogen s
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Larch Dwarf-Mistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum ssp. laricis)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
big brooms of bunched btanches. pl bg and py can ve secondary hosts. doesn't kill directly quickly. snowload can break branches. value losses in the tree.
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Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
Prefers dead or fallen birch. Not main cause of mortality.
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Fir Engraver Beetle (Scolytus ventralis)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
Egg gallery lateral as opposed to all others which are vertical. Light colored frags at base typical. Egg gallery quite abit more engraved on the sap wood than other beetles. Attacks true firs
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
Occurs on both live and dead trees
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Northern Red Belt (Fomitopsis mounceae)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
Hits dead trees mainly by it can it living trees. Not badass.
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Dyer's Polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
On ground by old gnarly Doug fir. Extends upto 3m up the stem. Not attached to the tree
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Genus PhellinusObserver
alexsoukupDescription
Fruiting bodies look like a purplish skin
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
Quickly get into tree and then quickly deteriorate. Specimen is cedar.
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Indian Paint Fungus (Echinodontium tinctorium)Observer
alexsoukupDescription
Hair/teeth. Red interior
