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BRISTLECONE PINE OLD DINOSAUR
IN THE PRESENCE OF THESE TREES THERE IS ''HOLINESS''...AT LEAST THAT IS MY FEELING. I LOVE THEM.
WATERCOLOR & INK
If you could imagine a living tree as old as the pyramids of Egypt, what do you think it would look like? It would look like a bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva, the oldest known tree species in the world.
The bristlecone pine only lives in scattered, arid mountain regions of six western states of America, but the oldest are found in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of California. There the pines exist in an exposed, windswept, harsh environment, free of
competition from other plants and the ravages of insects and disease. The oldest bristlecones usually grow at elevations of 10,000 to 11,000 feet.
The oldest known tree is "Methuselah", which is 4,789 years old.
READ MORE HERE: www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bristlecone_pine.htm
BRISTLECONE PINE OLD DINOSAUR
IN THE PRESENCE OF THESE TREES THERE IS ''HOLINESS''...AT LEAST THAT IS MY FEELING. I LOVE THEM.
WATERCOLOR & INK
If you could imagine a living tree as old as the pyramids of Egypt, what do you think it would look like? It would look like a bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva, the oldest known tree species in the world.
The bristlecone pine only lives in scattered, arid mountain regions of six western states of America, but the oldest are found in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of California. There the pines exist in an exposed, windswept, harsh environment, free of
competition from other plants and the ravages of insects and disease. The oldest bristlecones usually grow at elevations of 10,000 to 11,000 feet.
The oldest known tree is "Methuselah", which is 4,789 years old.
READ MORE HERE: www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bristlecone_pine.htm