Thursday, January 30, 2014
SEEDS!
From the information I gathered from, http://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/identifying-bristlecone-pines.htm, Pinus longaeva seeds are tucked away inside of their pine cones which are very dense and dark purple, they have to be this way to absorb heat and be able to survive such harsh conditions in such a dry, cold climate high up in the windy mountains. The cones will mature in two years and turn brown with a claw like bristle on the tip of every scale, hence the name "Bristlecone Pine". The cones can be cached by some birds, or they can fall and wait until they bury themselves.
Sorry!
Sorry everyone, I could not figure out how to add comments to my last blog, so I just made a new one and copy and pasted.
An answer to a question that Professor Mulder asked me via email was, "How old is the oldest tree ever recorded?"
I looked it up and according to (http://www.nps.gov/brca/naturescience/bristleconepine.htm), the oldest tree ever recorded was called "Prometheus" and was 4,900 years old. The oldest tree that is still alive is called "Methusela" and is 4,765 years old, and remains hidden and a secret 10,000 ft up in the white mountains. They wanted to keep it a secret so no one would try to cut it down.
An answer to a question that Professor Mulder asked me via email was, "How old is the oldest tree ever recorded?"
I looked it up and according to (http://www.nps.gov/brca/naturescience/bristleconepine.htm), the oldest tree ever recorded was called "Prometheus" and was 4,900 years old. The oldest tree that is still alive is called "Methusela" and is 4,765 years old, and remains hidden and a secret 10,000 ft up in the white mountains. They wanted to keep it a secret so no one would try to cut it down.
MY PLANT, THE BRISTLECONE PINE (PINUS LONGAEVA)
I have always been very fascinated with these ancient trees ever since I was a kid and my dad took me and my sister out adventuring in the white mountains of California. He made us hike all over the extremely hot, high elevation mountains to find the oldest tree in the world. Bristlecone Pines or Pinus longaeva are really strange twisted up trees that can only be found in few western states of America. The oldest tree ever recorded was a Bristlecone Pine in the White Mountains in California. My father to this day swears that we were close to finding it.
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