Which of the Following Statements Is Correct About Mountain Pine

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct about mountain pine beetles? 

• A) They are medium-size brown bark beetles that are devastating pine forests in the Appalachian Mountains of Quebec and Labrador. 
• B) They are small dark-coloured native bark beetles that are currently infesting, damaging and destroying pine trees in western Canada. 
• C) They are red-and-white pine beetles, originally native to China, that are attacking high-altitude pines in southern British Columbia. 
• D) They are an invasive species of beetle, originally from cool high-altitude pine forests of the U.S., that have crossed the border into Canada and started infesting our cool-temperature northern pine forests.

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