Bristlecone pines with their crooks and gnarled branches from enduring extreme wind and snow through millennia “are truly character trees,” Pitts said, overseeing the removal of other species ...

Native to Colorado, Bristlecone pines grow in some of the state’s driest, rockiest areas at about 11 thousand feet. This harsh environment allows the trees to add only an inch of girth every ...

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have ...

Bristlecone pines are recognized as the oldest non-clonal species on Earth. Visitors can view a population of these gnarled trees at Mount Goliath Natural Area about an hour west of Denver.

CB-90-11 / Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine / 2,435 years / Central Colorado; ... One bristlecone pine tree was found with 35-year-old pine needles that were still functional and photosynthesizing ...

The Methuselah Trail, located in Inyo National Forest near Big Pine, California, was recently named one of the best hikes in ...

The oldest tree species is the Great Basin bristlecone pine, with many trees dating back around 4,000 years. The oldest tree is named Methuselah and it dates back nearly 5,000 years.

The West's ancient and resilient bristlecone pines have appeared immune to bark beetle infestations devastating conifer forests. That changed when bristlecones began dying in Utah's Wah Wah Mountains.

Deep in the dark woods southwest of Fairplay, federal logging crews tasked with tree thinning to protect homeowners against megafires and restore forest health must watch out: make sure not to cut ...

They are the bristlecone pine trees that have managed to survived millennia here in the cold and wind, thriving where life seems forlorn. There’s a German term that applies, krummholz, meaning ...