Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marty Deveney >A scientist cut down Prometheus, a bristlecone that was older than the >current record holder, in 1964. If you need to protect trees from >scientists, you definitely need to protect them from vandals . . . The US National Park Service (NPS) allowed the scientist to cut one tree because Bristlecone Pines are very difficult to age with core samples. I suspect (but can't prove) that the US NPS has gotten smarter since then. Chris Crawford wrote: > The oldest living thing on Earth is a Bristlecone Pine tree in a national > park in California. The tree thought to be the oldest Bristlecone Pine is in the White Mountains on the California/Nevada border. I believe it's BLM land. Creosote Brush might be older because it clones new bushes from its root system. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com