ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST

The 'Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest', located in the White Mountains of California, is home to the oldest known living trees on earth, the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine ''Pinus longaeva''. The oldest tree, nicknamed "Methuselah", is more than 4,750 years old, and is not marked to ensure added protection from vandals. The grove lies in the Inyo National Forest, between 3,000-3,300 m (10,000-11,000 feet) above sea level.

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Further Reading

★ Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions, Valmore C. LaMarche Jr. & Katherine K. Hirschboeck, , , Nature, 1984

References

★ US Forest Service

★ The Ancient Bristlecone Pine