Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
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Released:
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Saturday, September 19, 2015
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Origin:
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California, United States
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To revisit the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest and be humbled by the oldest living things in the world.
About two miles high, in the White Mountains of eastern California, grows a unique tree, Pinus aristata (also referred to as Pinus longaeva). Commonly known as the Bristlecone pine, it is not a tall or stately appearing tree; it is very slow growing, only one inch in diameter per 100 years and up to 25-30 feet tall. The remarkable fact about the tree is that it is noted as the oldest known living thing in the world, far surpassing the vastly more famous Sequoia. Due to the remote location of Bristlecone forests, few people have heard of these trees, much less visited the area of their growth.
The Bristlecones live between the elevations of 9,500 and 11,500 feet, sculptured into stubby, twisted shapes by the harsh environment. Needles stay on the trees for up to thirty years, and seeds of the oldest trees are just as viable as the youngest.
Until 2013, the oldest individual tree in the world was Methuselah, a 4,845-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) in the White Mountains of California.
But then researchers announced the dating of a 5,062-year-old P. longaeva, which is also in the White Mountains. The tree has not yet been named.
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