How to Use bristlecone pine in a Sentence

bristlecone pine

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Definition of bristlecone pinenext
  • No organism on Earth is known to live as long as the Great Basin bristlecone pine.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022
  • Nevada Nevada has two state trees – the single-leaf piñon and the bristlecone pine.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Those who wish to see the Patriarch Tree — the largest bristlecone pine in existence — must drive 12 miles north to the Patriarch Grove.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • For three decades a mustang named Campito roamed wild and free in this windswept wilderness range best known as home to the oldest living thing on Earth, the bristlecone pine.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • This may sound like a lot, but some species can already live hundreds of years—and in some cases thousands of years [such as the hexactinellid sponge and the Great Basin bristlecone pine].
    — Bill Gifford, Scientific American, 31 July 2023
  • Groves of hardy bristlecone pines — the world’s longest-living tree — flourish above 9,000 feet, while caves riddle the underground.
    — David Swanson, latimes.com, 1 July 2018
  • In Death Valley, one of the places feeling the change most acutely is Telescope Peak, the highest point in the park that is home to its population of ancient bristlecone pine trees.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Forests of the diminutive bristlecone pines are found in eastern California, Nevada and Utah.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2017
  • After a hike, MacKenzie entered the shade of the bristlecone pine tree with troublesome shades of red and looked at its bark and needles, his eyes alive with anticipation.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • Great Basin National Park, known for its dark skies, ancient bristlecone pine trees, and limestone caves, has seen a visitation surge in recent years.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2023
  • His research, which is not yet published, challenges the current record -- held by a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of central California, known as Methuselah.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 29 June 2022
  • That honor goes to a bristlecone pine found in the White Mountains of California, which is approximately 5,000 years old.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The bristlecone pine’s distant relative, the limber pine is also a hearty survivalist, living 2,000 years.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Scientists believe the oldest single living organism on Earth, clocking in at nearly 5,000 years old, is a bristlecone pine.
    — Outside Online, 23 June 2022
  • For thousands of years, bark beetles were held in check or eliminated by the harsh conditions where California’s mythic bristlecone pine trees evolved.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2022
  • This inexpensive kit is gentle with beginners, though, with four types of trees (including Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine and flame tree) and multiple seeds per species.
    — Popular Science, 19 June 2020
  • Scientists have discovered a new contender for the oldest tree in the world, potentially bumping California’s ancient bristlecone pine tree from the top spot.
    — Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • Scientists--not to mention cosmetics companies--would love to know exactly why humans are stuck with senescence while organisms like the bristlecone pine just get more fabulous with age.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2011
  • Were this achievable, the existence of a bristlecone pine tree in California’s White Mountains, estimated to be an extraordinary 4,850 years old, suggests that such potential extensions to our longevity might be more than mere tweaks.
    — Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
  • From towering sequoias to ancient bristlecone pines, millions of California trees are succumbing to worsening wildfires, severe drought, extreme heat, disease and other stressors that have been intensified by global warming.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023

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