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1In western WA, bark beetles are generally _______
3Might break in drought conditions
7Non-problematic foliage loss in conifers
8Species affected by an insect or disease
10Armillaria's "shoestrings"
11Where forest health is found
12Very common biotic issue in western WA
15Cause of rows of holes
17Alternate host of white pine blister rust
19Not the solution to forest health problems
22Most damaging bark beetle in western WA
24Percent of vertebrate wildlife species that need dead wood
27Area of root disease
28A leg of the disease triangle
30A tree's defense against bark beetles
31Type of issue that affects multiple species over a large area
32Type of failure that leads to a large, upturned root wad
34Bark beetle diagnostic patterns
38Type of insect that kills sunny spruce tops
39Basal resin flow and white mycelial fans
41These trees are immune to laminated root rot
42Different than tree health
43Low priority growth
44Bark beetle communication system
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2Crown symptom of root disease
4Spongy wood with black flecks; especially likes hemlocks
5Anti-aggregation pheromone
6Resistant to root diseases
9Small and clustered in upper part of the tree
13Spruce gall adelgid
14This determines whether an insect or disease is a problem
15Cow pie or velvet top fungus
16Trees falling in the same direction is indicative of this
18Needle cast of Douglas-fir
20Harvest excessive Douglas-fir blowdown before these pass
21Manage this to minimize stress
23Very common root disease that particularly likes Douglas-fir
25Causes witch's brooms in hemlocks
26Show up every 7 to 9 years and then crash
29It is important to maintain tree _______
33Right tree, right _____
35Don't put all your eggs in one basket
36Top-down damage
37Say no to this if you want your trees to have water
40Beetles are already gone when the tree is this color