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bristlecone pine, common name for the pine ponderosa pine or western yellow pine (P. ponderosa), is a hard pine second only to the Douglas fir as a commercial timber tree in North America. The white pine (P. ..... Click the link for more information. species Pinus longaeva, found in the White Mountains of California. Specimens are known that are nearly 5,000 years old. bristlecone pine [‚bris·əl‚kōn ′pīn] (botany) A small slow-growing evergreen tree of the genusPinusthat grows at high altitudes in the western United States, having dense branches with rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of five and thorn-tipped cone scales. The two types areP. longaeva, which lives longer than any other tree (over 4000 years), andP. monophylla, the single-leaf pinyon. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We should have clarified that inter-mountain bristlecone pine, the species described in the story, is Pinus aristata var. aristato, 1986 (*) Coulter, Pinus coulteri, 2001 152 141 Digger, Pinus sabiniana, 2001 176 120 Eastern white, Pinus strobus, 1999 200 150 Foxtail, Pinus balfouriana, 1982 316 76 Intermountain bristlecone, 439 41 Pinus aristata var. Common Name: Bristlecone (or (Intermountain) Pine Species Name: Pinus aristata var. |
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