Pointing the Way
by Joe Schofield
Title
Pointing the Way
Artist
Joe Schofield
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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These remains of an ancient bristlecone pine lie pretty much the way they had, the last time I hiked up this hill 11 years ago in 2012. It once had flourished on this dolomite hillside at approx. 11,500 ft.
The Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) trees grow between 9,800 and 12,000 feet above sea level, in xeric alpine conditions, protected within the Inyo National Forest. Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) also grow in the forest.
Great Basin bristlecone pines are considered to be the world's oldest known and confirmed living non-clonal organisms, some well in excess of 4,000 years. The White Mountains are like the other ranges in the Basin and Range Province; they are dry, but the upper slopes from 9,200 to 11,500 ft. hold open subalpine forests of Great Basin bristlecone pine on permeable dolomite.
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September 24th, 2023
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Jim Cook
Wow, love how you managed to have the pointy end of this bristlecone direct our eyes to that break in the clouds!
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