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Mountain pine beetle

Dendroctonus ponderosae

Small black beetle with curved profile and bark-boring larvae. Threatens native pines in Bay Area; indicator of tree stress and climate impacts.

Plants that support Mountain pine beetle

1 plants

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

high

perennial herb

Larvae tunnel through bark and sapwood; critical pest during outbreak years

Bay Area nativeKeystone species