Sweetfern blister rust (C. comptoneae) on five year old natural jack pine. N.B. Swelling and aeciospores on stem above root collar. Englehart Management Unit.
Cronartium canker in lodgepole pine raised as 2+0 seedlings at the Swastika Nursery and outplanted 1970. Photo after one year in field. Englehart Management Unit
Cronartium canker in lodgepole pine raised as 2+0 seedlings at the Swastika Nursery and outplanted 1970. Photo after one year in field. Englehart Management Unit
Cronartium canker in lodgepole pine raised as 2+0 seedlings at the Swastika Nursery and outplanted 1970. Photo after one year in field. Englehart Management Unit
Leaning trees ("gear stick" trees). Bareroot jack pine planted with sandvik hoes in 1964. Photo 1971. Asymmetric roots make the tree unstable, especially when crowns are heavy with wet snow. Davidson