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| Ancient bristlecone pine tree, roots spread wide and exposed over dolomite-rich soil, rising above the arid slopes of the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level, along the Methuselah Walk. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 23234 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Giant sequoia trees, roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Image ID: 23258 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Giant sequoia trees, roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Image ID: 23257 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Giant sequoia trees, roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Image ID: 23288 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | California fuschia, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California. A member of the primrose family. Local tribes occasionally ate seeds of this species, while leaves and roots were sometimes boiled and eaten. Settlers gathered seeds and used them as a natural remedy for a variety of illnesses, effectively, since this species contains gamma-linoleic acid. Image ID: 11334 Species: California fuschia, Epilobium cana Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California, USA | Three Sisters Springs, fish and tree roots. Image ID: 02677 Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA |
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| Three Sisters Springs, fish and tree roots. Image ID: 02678 Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA | The Tennessee Tree shows resilience to fire damage, continuing to thrive in spite of deep fire scars. The living tissue or cambium layer of a sequoia lies just under its bark. As long as some of this thin, living tissue connects the leaves above with the roots below, the tree will continue to live. If undisturbed by people, or more fire, this living layer will eventually heal the fire scars seen on this tree. Grant Grove. Image ID: 09873 Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Grant Grove, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA |
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