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| Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27786 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27787 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27790 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27791 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27792 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27793 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Stars trails above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27795 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Stars trails above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27798 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Torrey Pines overlook the Pacific Ocean at Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego. The Torrey Pine is the rarest native pine tree in the United States, is native to the coastal chaparral of San Diego County. A subspecies of the Torrey Pine is found in a small grove on Santa Rosa island, one of Californias Channel Islands. Image ID: 12037 Species: Torrey pine tree, Pinus torreyana Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Bristlecone pines rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17481 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pines rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17482 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Intense sun, extremely arid conditions, high winds and winter exposure wear away at the exposed bark of a bristlecone pine, leaving striations along its exterior. A small amount of living bark is all that is necessary to sustain a mature bristlecone pine tree into extreme old age. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17488 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Bristlecone pines rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17489 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pine rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17490 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pine rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17491 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Bristlecone pine tree cone. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17492 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pine rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17493 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pine tree. Near Schulman Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17494 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Bristlecone pine trees. Near Schulman Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17495 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17496 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Intense sun, extremely arid conditions, high winds and winter exposure wear away at the exposed bark of a bristlecone pine, leaving striations along its exterior. A small amount of living bark is all that is necessary to sustain a mature bristlecone pine tree into extreme old age. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17483 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Bristlecone pine rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17484 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17485 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17486 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17487 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Pine trees, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 07044 Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park. Image ID: 07291 Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park. Image ID: 07292 Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park. Image ID: 07293 Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park. Image ID: 07294 Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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