Great Basin Bristlecone Pine holds the record as the oldest living non-clonal organism, with Methuselah in the White Mountains of California measured at over 4,800 years old. These ancient trees grow on harsh, rocky, dolomite slopes at high elevation where slow growth and resinous wood resist decay for millennia after death.
Habitat
High-elevation rocky dolomite slopes in the Great Basin
Diet
Seeds eaten by Clark's nutcracker
How common
Rare
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