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  • Common names for this species often refer to its light color; white-bark acacia

    Chapter 3 1990

  • When the canoe was secured, the High Priest disembarked with imperial dignity, his white-bark cape with its fringe of dog's teeth shining against his long, black hair.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • The pole to which the corpse was tied when borne to the burial was placed horizontally before the tomb, supported with both ends resting on the high side walls of the burrow, and on it were hung a dozen white-bark headbands which were worn, evidently, as a mark of mourning, by many of the men who attended the burial.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • On the backside of Cody, we traversed a wide-open bowl and skied fluffy, knee-deep powder to a stand of white-bark pine.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Tuesday's ruling cited climate change as having accelerated a beetle infestation destroying the bears' vital white-bark pine food source.

    News - latimes.com 2011

  • Chris Servheen, a grizzly researcher for the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, downplays the role of white-bark pine loss, noting that grizzlies are highly adaptive and don't specialize on white-bark pine.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Milder winters have allowed bark beetles to decimate the white-bark pine, whose nuts are a critical food source for grizzlies.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Chris Servheen, a grizzly researcher for the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, downplays the role of white-bark pine loss, noting that grizzlies are highly adaptive and don't specialize on white-bark pine.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Milder winters have allowed bark beetles to decimate the white-bark pine, whose nuts are a critical food source for grizzlies.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Chris Servheen, a grizzly researcher for the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, downplays the role of white-bark pine loss, noting that grizzlies are highly adaptive and don't specialize on white-bark pine.

    latimes.com - News 2010

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