A little over a year ago a friend of mine showed me a panoramic picture his son took while hiking along the west coast from atop a mountain. I surprised him by telling him the photo was taken in the White Mountains in eastern California. The reason I was able to identify the location was because there were several Bristlecone Pines in view.
Bristlecones, which are only found in a few locations, have a unique appearance, making them easy to identify.
They also represent the oldest living non-clonal trees in the world, with Methuselah, at 4854 years, being the oldest. An even older tree, Prometheus, was cut down in 1964 by a moron who wanted to see how old it was
That is, they used to be the oldest trees.
A tree in southern Chile appears to have taken the crown although a core sample so that the rings can be counted is still needed for verification.
Bristlecones, which are only found in a few locations, have a unique appearance, making them easy to identify.
They also represent the oldest living non-clonal trees in the world, with Methuselah, at 4854 years, being the oldest. An even older tree, Prometheus, was cut down in 1964 by a moron who wanted to see how old it was
That is, they used to be the oldest trees.
A tree in southern Chile appears to have taken the crown although a core sample so that the rings can be counted is still needed for verification.
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