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Bob Tregilus

My favorite tree species, Pinus longaeva (Great Basin bristlecone pine). This tree could be 1,000-3,000yrs old. In California's White Mountains, at over 3,000 meters (10,000ft) elevation, a Pinus longaeva has been found to be over 5,000yrs old! The trees grow on light colored dolomite limestone, the remains of an ancient sea. Pinus longaeva wood is so hard it never rots, rather, it erodes.

A black and white portrait photo of a thin gnarled tree growing in the crack of a large rocky cliff face. The cliff face is very bright and is kind of a stair-step raising up from the lower left the upper right. In contrast the sky is very dark. In the center, and almost snake like tree trunk twists up towards the sky. At the upper third is a gnarl of short dead branches. Further up and bending right is a clump of growth indicating the gnarled tree is alive.
#Trees#Mountains#Biology
Feb 17, 2025, 04:53 AM·Public
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ROCKIT…

@elaterite @RIDDLES lived in Mammoth Mt
for years and while working through out Inyo and mono counties, the whites offer special beauty and the Bristolcones
Magnificent

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Bob Tregilus

@Augur @RIDDLES Yes, one of my favorite places on Earth are the White Mountians. I should climb White Peak again before I leave the area.

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Ambivalena
Fantastic tree and so beautiful!
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Bob Tregilus

@ambivalena Thanks! I love those trees so much! Such survivors!

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🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼

@elaterite

Oh wow!

Do you also have the colour version of this picture?
What a beautiful tree ❤ I wonder if it's still there.

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Bob Tregilus

@pascaline Yup, I'm sure it is there and will be there long after I'm gone. There's a whole forest of them.

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