The Remnants of a Bristlecone Pine
by Joe Schofield
Title
The Remnants of a Bristlecone Pine
Artist
Joe Schofield
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This remnant lies just upslope along the side of the dirt road by-way. Clearly sawn, my assumption is it may have been taken out to improve the trail.
The Ancient Bristlecone Scenic Byway follows California State Route 168 and Forest Service Road 4S01 (White Mountain Road), in east-central California. Passing through the outstanding scenic area of the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, this U.S. Forest Service Scenic Byway climbs through pinyon-juniper woodlands to the world's oldest living trees located in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.
The byway begins in the Owens Valley at 4,000 feet in elevation, a high plains landscape, and ends at Patriarch Grove located at 11,500 feet in elevation.
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 22nd, 2023
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Comments (27)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Remnants of a Bristlecone Pine composition, lighting, shading, excellent colors and artwork! F/L voted
Anthony Jones
Beautiful work! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Southern California Artist Collective Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F
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