March 14, 2007

The Bristlecone Pine




Tonight I went to a lecture at McKinley Park in Sacramento on the Bristlecone Pine tree. This tree is pretty much the oldest living organism on the Earth. It is native to California, Nevada and Utah. It is mainly found in the eastern Sierra, down south more in what is known as the White mountains. The oldest known Bristlecone is about 4,700 years old which is almost as long as humans have been writing things down. The lecture was given by Jim Bishop and covered from its habitat to some specifics about how it lives so long. As you can see from the pictures above, the Bristlecone is very gnarly.

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