Bristlecone Pine

[DRTYFN]

Anybody ever see them up close?
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/P_008.jpg
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bristlecone_pine.htm
http://www.cmdrmark.com/bristlecone.html

[dochummer]

no

[CO Hummer]

Anybody ever see them up close?
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/P_008.jpg
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bristlecone_pine.htm
http://www.cmdrmark.com/bristlecone.html

We have them all over CO. You see them right at the edge of the tree line.

[DRTYFN]

We have them all over CO. You see them right at the edge of the tree line.
Any idea how old some of them are?

[CO Hummer]

Any idea how old some of them are?

20 minutes up Hwy 103 from my house, at Mt. Evans.

"The oldest Birstlecones on Mount Evans are approximately 1,700 years old."
http://www.mountevans.com/ME-Plants-BristleconePines.HTML

http://www.mountevans.com/Trees/ME-BristleconePine0101.jpg

[KenP]

Creepy looking things.