Bristlecone PinePinus longavea

Bristlecone PinePinus longavea

• Eukaryote• Nuclei in Cells• Multicellular• Cell Wall• Autotroph• Sessile• Sexual

Reproduction• Kingdom Plantae• Division (Phylum)

Coniferophyta

Bristlecone PinePinus

longavea• Kingdom Plantae• Division Coniferophyta• Class Pinopsida• Order Pinales• Class Pinaceae• Genus Pinus• Species longavea

Bristlecone PinePinus longavea

• Bristlecones live in harsh desert mountain habitat.

• They grow very slowly with deep root systems

• Since few other species can live in these places, there is little competition.

Bristlecone PinePinus longavea

Longest living things (nearly 5000 years)– Abandons injured

parts– Needles live for 30

years– Indicators of

climate change

Bristlecone PinePinus longavea

• Male and female cones use wind pollination to move pollen between trees.

Bristlecone PinePinus

longavea• Clarks nutcrackers live among these amazing trees and often bury seeds for winter.

• Though they have amazing memory, they sometimes forget where their seeds are cached.

• These forgotten seeds help disperse bristlecones

Bristlecone PinePinus longavea

• Bristlecone pines are one of the main attractions at Great Basin National park in eastern Nevada and is the state tree of Nevada!

• These long-living pines are found along the tops of many of the mountain ranges in Nevada.

Bristlecone PinePinus longavea

• Methuselah? The oldest known bristlecone pine, and hence, the oldest living creature, lives in the White Mountains of eastern California. For its own protection, few know its exact location…