Oh ... the life we've lived
by Joe Schofield
Title
Oh ... the life we've lived
Artist
Joe Schofield
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This lovely masterpiece of nature is the remains of an ancient bristlecone pine. In repose it remains where it once flourished at 11,500 ft. It is quite possibly in excess of many hundreds of years old.
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 16th, 2023
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