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Conifers In The Great Plains Presented By Faller Landscape fallerlandscape.com Current Insect and Disease Issues Pine Wilt Dothistroma Needle Blight Diplodia Tip Blight Bagworm Pine Beetle Environmental Issues An Optimistic Future - many situations can be prevented (proper spacing, variety selection) - many issues are cyclical (infestations in old age forests) - conifers can handle adversity (proper placement, watering or lack thereof) Lessens from Nature Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Fort Robinson State Park, NE Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) – Laramie, WY Age – unknown (1867+) Trees for Success? Abies balsamea – Balsam Fir Abies alba – Silver Fir Abies balsamea phanerolepis – Canaan Fir Abies concolor – Concolor Fir Abies concolor ‘Compacta’ – Compact Concolor Fir Abies lasiocarpa – Alpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa arizonica – Corkbark Fir Abies homolepis – Manchurian Fir Larix kaempferi – Japanese Larch Larix laricina – American Larch Picea abies – Norway Spruce Picea abies ‘Pumila’ – Dwf. Norway Spruce Picea glauca – White Spruce Picea glauca ‘Densata’ – Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca ‘Pendula’ – Weeping White Spruce Picea glauca ‘Yukon Blue’ – Yukon Blue White Spruce Picea meyeri – Meyer Spruce Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ – Fat Albert Blue Spruce Picea pungens ‘Bakeri’ – Bakeri Blue Spruce Picea pungens ‘Procumbens’ - Creeping Blue Spruce Pinus banksiana – Jack pine Pinus bungeana – Lacebark Pine Pinus cembra – Swiss Stone Pine Pinus cembra ‘Chalet’ – Swiss Stone Pine Pinus contorta latifolia – Lodgepole Pine Pinus flexilis – Limber Pine Pinus cembroides edulis – Pinyon Pine Pinus koreana ‘Silveray’ – Silveray Korean Pine Pinus flexilis ‘Vanderwolf Pyramid’ – Vanderwolf Pyramid Pine Pinus parviflora ‘Glauca’ – Japanese White Pine Pinus parviflora ‘Fukuzumi’ - Fukuzumi Japanese White Pine Pinus nigra – Austrian Pine Pinus ponderosa – Ponderosa pine Pinus resinosa – Red Pine Pinus strobus – White Pine Pinus strobiformis – Southwestern White Pine Pinus ayacahuite x strobus ‘Domingo’ – Domingo Pine Psuedotsuga menziesii ‘Glauca’ – Douglas Fir Taxodium distichum – Bald Cypress The Future for Conifers in the Plains? ThankThank YouYou .

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