Everyone’s heard about the wonders of California’s coastal redwood trees. They can live for hundreds, even one or two thousand years, all while enduring West Coast fires, storms and pests. But there’s ...

In California, Where Trees Are King, One Hardy Pine Has Survived for 4,800 Years In a harsh alpine desert, the Great Basin bristlecone pines abide amid climate change. Among them is the oldest ...

But there’s an equally fascinating native California tree: the bishop pine. While it’s not a household name, the drought-tolerant, rocky, soil-loving plant has fashioned its own way of ...

If you thought the ancient evergreens at California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park were old, the state's bristlecone pines ...

The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree. The oldest tree in the world: ... 2007, in the White Mountains of the Inyo National Forest near Bishop, California.

Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old.The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree. The oldest ...

Saying goodbye to landmark palm and pine trees in Central California 03:23. MADERA — Say goodbye to the palm and the pine, a pair of trees with a storied history considered a treasure to those ...

BISHOP, Calif. — Perhaps you’ve heard this piece of state lore: California is home to the tallest, largest and oldest trees in the world. Well, it turns out to be true, with some qualification.

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

That is 1,860 feet higher in elevation than the highest Jeffrey pine on record and even higher than lodgepole, limber and foxtail pines. To date, none of the six traditional subalpine forest species ...

Less than 15 miles from the Silver Fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest's trees are thousands of years old, including the storied Patriarch Tree.