Pinus longaeva

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Pinus longaeva - small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops

ancient pine

pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree

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Apparently it's the Pinus longaeva, better known as the bristlecone pine of Nevada.

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Pinus longaeva has prevailed not despite the skimpy soil, short growing season, and scanty precipitation, but apparently because of them; bristlecone pines in cushier conditions don't live nearly as long.

On the wind-whipped slopes of White Mountain. (Good Going)

Pinus longaeva `Sherwood Compact': An extremely attractive, slow-growing pine, introduced by Andy Sherwood of Gresham.