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Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (ABPF)

The Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest is located just west of the California/Nevada border, approximately 25 miles east of Bishop, CA.

This pine forest contains the earth's oldest living inhabitant, the Methuselah, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine. In 2011 Methuselah was 4,842 years old.

The climate and the durability of their wood can preserve them long after death, with dead trees as old as 7,000 years persisting next to live ones.
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01 Bristlecone Pine 13.jpg		 02 Bristlecone Pine 06 forest.jpg
02 Bristlecone Pine 06 forest.jpg		 03 Bristlecone Trail Map 01.jpg
03 Bristlecone Trail Map 01.jpg		 04 Bristlecone Pine 03.jpg
04 Bristlecone Pine 03.jpg
05 Bristlecone Pine 15 dick.jpg
05 Bristlecone Pine 15 dick.jpg		 06 Bristlecone Pine 18 new old.jpg
06 Bristlecone Pine 18 new old.jpg		 07 Bristlecone Pine 12.jpg
07 Bristlecone Pine 12.jpg		 08 Bristlecone Pine 04 Joy.jpg
08 Bristlecone Pine 04 Joy.jpg
09 Dick at Bristlecone Overlook 02.jpg
09 Dick at Bristlecone Overlook 02.jpg		 10 Golden-mantled Ground Squirel 03.jpg
10 Golden-mantled Ground Squirel 03.jpg

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