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Pinus longaeva – bristlecone pines in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, California See also: Great Basin montane forests The Great Basin bristlecone pine ( Pinus longaeva ) trees grow between 9,800 and 11,000 feet (3,000–3,400 m) above sea level, in xeric alpine conditions, protected within the Inyo National Forest .
The Jurupa Oak, or Hurungna Oak, [1] [2] is a clonal colony of Quercus palmeri (Palmer's oak) trees in the Jurupa Mountains in Crestmore Heights, Riverside County, California. The colony has survived an estimated 13,000 years through clonal reproduction, [3] [4] [5] making it one of the world's oldest living trees. [5]
The current record-holders for individual, non-clonal trees are the Great Basin bristlecone pine trees from California and Nevada, in the United States. Through tree-ring cross-referencing, they have been shown to be almost five millennia old. [2] A clonal colony can survive for much longer than an individual tree.
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, ... Environmentalist Aaron Echols climbs atop rocky hill, home to an ancient California tree.
Extreme drought and bark beetles now threaten California's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine.
Methuselah is a 4,856-year-old [1] Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. [2] [3] It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world. [4]
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Great Basin bristlecone pines in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest of the White Mountains, California. There are three closely related species of bristlecone pines: Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) in Utah, Nevada and eastern California. The famous longest-lived species; often the term bristlecone pine refers to this tree in ...