Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees, White Mountain
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Earth's oldest living inhabitant "Methuselah" at 4,767 years, has lived more than a millennium longer than any other tree. On dry windswept mountaintops of the Great Basin in the western United States grow earth's oldest living inhabitants, the bristlecones (Pinus longaeva, Pinus aristata). Many of the trees living today were seedlings when the pyramids were being constructed, mature in the time of Christ, and ancient patriarchs today. Bristlecones occur in only six western states, but of these the oldest are found at the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of California.The Bristlecone Pine is a very ancient tree, it is known to be the oldest living organism on earth. The oldest individual bristle cone pine is in California, and is 4,700 years old. The bristlecone lives at about 11,000 feet, just below the tree line. It is a very hard and resinous wood, which makes it very resistant to insect infestation.
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees,White Mountain.Boris Borisov,Landscape Photography.Night Sky and Milky Way over Ancient Brislecone Pine Trees.Images from landscape photographer Boris Borisov.