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Those trees include the long-needle pine varieties like the Austrian and Scotch and mungo, a short-needle dwarf pine. The trees most affected are those 15 years or older, he said.

The Sacramento Ranger District in the Lincoln National Forest will begin removing trees across 11 acres near the Trestle Recreation Area infected with the dwarf mistletoe to prevent it from spreading.

"Those dwarf pine trees are especially fire dependent. Their cones are sealed in resin and the fire melts the resin and opens the cones and disperses seeds," Leonhardt said.