wheeler peak is the mountain where the oldest bristlecone pine is located.
wheeler peak is the mountain where the oldest bristlecone pine is located.
on what mountain is the oldest bristlecone pine located?
wheeler peak
prometheus was a living member of a population of bristlecone pine trees near the tree line on the lateral moraine of a former glacier on wheeler peak, in great basin national park, eastern nevada. wheeler peak is the highest mountain in the snake range, and the highest mountain entirely in the state of nevada. the bristlecone pine population on this mountain is divided into at least two distinct sub-populations, one of which is accessible by a popular interpretive trail.
prometheus (tree)
pinus longaeva









































pinus longaeva (commonly referred to as the great basin bristlecone pine, intermountain bristlecone pine, or western bristlecone pine) is a long-living species of bristlecone pine tree found in the higher mountains of california, nevada, and utah. methuselah is a bristlecone pine that is years old and the oldest known living non-clonal organism on earth. in 1987, the bristlecone pine was designated one of nevada's state trees.









































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pinus longaeva