2. Bristlecone Pine Pinus longavea

3. Bristlecone Pine Pinus longavea
Eukaryote
Nuclei in Cells
Multicellular
Cell Wall
Autotroph
Sessile
Sexual Reproduction
Kingdom Plantae
Division (Phylum) Coniferophyta

4. Bristlecone Pine Pinus longavea
Kingdom Plantae
Division Coniferophyta
Class Pinopsida
Order Pinales
Class Pinaceae
Genus Pinus
Species longavea

5. Bristlecone Pine Pinus 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.

6. Bristlecone Pine Pinus longavea
Longest living things (nearly 5000 years)
Abandons injured parts
Needles live for 30 years
Indicators of climate change

7. Bristlecone Pine Pinus longavea
Male and female cones use wind pollination to move pollen between trees.

8. Bristlecone Pine Pinus 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

9. Bristlecone Pine Pinus 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.

10. Bristlecone Pine Pinus 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…