Bristlecone Pine

[Merle]

Taken last year on a trip to Bishop, CA.http://www.merlejones.net/Web_Album/slides/Bristlecone_Pine.jpg

[David_S85]

Taken last year on a trip to Bishop, CA.
Good picture. Love those things. The wood, close up, can twist all different ways. :D

BCP's are one of the slowest growing and longest living species of trees on the planet. They can live to be thousands of years old.