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Archive Home > 2005 > September > 14 > A Creeping menace

A Creeping menace

Western dwarf mistletoe can slowly kill a ponderosa forest

By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
September 14, 2005

At first glance, it looks like any other mid-elevation forest in the Central Oregon Cascades. Dominated by ponderosa pine, manzanita and snowbrush, this place reeks High Desert highlands.

But look closely and follow the numbered posts and you see that all is not right with this forest. At least....

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