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bristlecone pine
noun
bris·tle·cone pine
ˈbri-səl-ˌkōn- 
: either of two pines (Pinus longaeva and P. aristata) of the western U.S. that include the oldest living trees
called also bristlecone
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The species of bark beetle that is currently attacking Death Valley’s bristlecone pines is native — so it’s always lived in the Death Valley, but it’s never been able to attack bristlecones before.
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Paige Vega, Vox, 7 June 2024
The park offers ancient bristlecone pine forests, incredible night skies, scenic foothills covered in sagebrush, the stunning 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak and the mysterious Lehman Caves.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Maybe home is a forest of ancient bristlecone pines, a meadow of yellow grass, a lake with untold depths.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
The oldest trees — bristlecone pines — can live nearly 5,000 years; scientists can extract a pencil-thin core to study the rings without harming the trees.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 17 May 2024
In North America, only bristlecone pines grow longer.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
Much of that is the soft, pale, alkaline dolomite that gives the range its name – a kind of limestone preferred by the bristlecone pines.
—Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
As someone who writes about aging in a state that has what might be the oldest tree in the world, a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains — along with countless senior citizens of the redwood and sequoia variety — I’m obliged to make a pilgrimage.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
That’s 1,000 years older than a 12,000-year-old Palm Springs creosote bush that was previously thought to be the oldest plant in California, 8,000 years older than bristlecone pines, and 10,000 years older than the redwoods, according to a study by UC Davis and UC Riverside scientists.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
Paige Vega, Vox, 7 June 2024
The park offers ancient bristlecone pine forests, incredible night skies, scenic foothills covered in sagebrush, the stunning 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak and the mysterious Lehman Caves.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Maybe home is a forest of ancient bristlecone pines, a meadow of yellow grass, a lake with untold depths.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
The oldest trees — bristlecone pines — can live nearly 5,000 years; scientists can extract a pencil-thin core to study the rings without harming the trees.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 17 May 2024
In North America, only bristlecone pines grow longer.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
Much of that is the soft, pale, alkaline dolomite that gives the range its name – a kind of limestone preferred by the bristlecone pines.
—Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
As someone who writes about aging in a state that has what might be the oldest tree in the world, a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains — along with countless senior citizens of the redwood and sequoia variety — I’m obliged to make a pilgrimage.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
That’s 1,000 years older than a 12,000-year-old Palm Springs creosote bush that was previously thought to be the oldest plant in California, 8,000 years older than bristlecone pines, and 10,000 years older than the redwoods, according to a study by UC Davis and UC Riverside scientists.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
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bristlecone pine
noun
bris·tle·cone pine
ˌbris-əl-ˌkōn-
: either of two pines of the western U.S. that include the oldest living trees
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