Species identified as high, global, regional and/or national priority
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Western USA and Canada (2003)
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Abies amabilis | * |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT |
Abies bracteata |
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Abies concolor | * |
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Abies grandis | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Int. PVT |
Abies lasiocarpa | * |
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| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Int. PVT |
Abies magnifica var. shastaensis | * |
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Abies procera | * | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Int. PVT; PGT; SO |
Acer macrophyllum | * |
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Alnus rhombifolia | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In situ cons. stands |
Alnus rubra | * |
| * | * | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; MPTS |
Alnus sinuata |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In situ cons. stands |
Alnus tenuifolia |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In situ cons. stands |
Arbutus menziesii | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MPTS; high fungal susceptibility |
Betula fontinalis |
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Betula glandulosa |
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Betula papyrifera |
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| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | PVT; Introgression with introduced Betula spp. |
Castanopsis chrysophylla | * |
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Celtis douglasii |
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | * |
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Chamaecyparis macrocarpa |
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Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | * |
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Cornus nuttalli |
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Crataegus columbiana |
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Crataegus douglasii |
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Cupressus arizonica (complex) | * |
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Cupressus bakeri |
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Cupressus columbiana |
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Fraxinus latifolia |
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Juniperus occidentalis |
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Juniperus scopulorum |
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Larix laricina | * |
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Larix lyallii |
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Larix occidentalis | * |
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Libocedus decurrens |
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Lithocarpus densiflorus | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | susceptible to Phytophthora spp. |
Malus fusca |
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Picea breweriana |
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Picea engelmannii | * |
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| 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Int. PVT and collections |
Picea glauca | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Int. PVT; PGT; SO |
Picea sitchensis | * |
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| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Int. PVT; PGT; SO; breeding for Pissodes strobi resistance |
Pinus albicaulis | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Threatened by Cronartium ribicola and Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Pinus arizonica | * |
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Pinus attenuata |
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Pinus chihuahuana | * |
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Pinus contorta | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Int. PVT; PGT; SO |
Pinus coulteri | * |
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Pinus engelmanii |
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Pinus flexilis | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | susceptible to Cronartium ribicola |
Pinus jeffreyi | * |
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| 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | (E); some populations putatively resistant to Arceuthobium spp. |
Pinus lambertiana | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Int. PVT; PGT; SO; breeding resistance to Cronartium ribicola |
Pinus monticola | * |
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| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | PVT; PGT; SO; breeding resistance to Cronartium ribicola |
Pinus muricata |
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Pinus ponderosa | * |
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Pinus radiata | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Int. PVT; PGT; SO; (E) |
Pinus sabiniana | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | (E) Oregon, California |
Pinus washoensis | * |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (E) throughout USA range |
Populus tremuloides | * |
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Populus trichocarpa | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | CLT; Populus x spp. hybrid breeding program |
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa |
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| * | * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | (E) |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Int. PVT; PGT; SO |
Quercus chrysolepis |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | CLT |
Quercus garryana | * |
| * | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | (E); MPTS |
Quercus kelloggii | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Phytophthora ramorum host |
Rhamnus purshiana |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In situ cons. stands |
Salix amygdaloides |
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Salix hindsiana |
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Salix hookenana |
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Salix lasiandra |
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Salix lasiolepis |
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Salix scouleriana |
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Sequoia sempervirens | * |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | (E) |
Sequoiadendron giganteum | * |
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| * | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | IUFRO PVT, (E), MPTS |
Taxus brevifolia |
| * | * | * | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | (E), MPTS |
Thuja plicata | * |
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| * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | PVT, PGT, CLT, SO |
Tsuga heterophylla | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | PVT, PGT, SO |
Tsuga mertensiana | * |
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| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | PVT |
Umbellularia california |
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| * | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MPTS; Phytophthora ramorum vector |
*** Species withdrawn from the 2001 list
*** Species added to the 2001 list
