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desainme - Feb 6, 2004 12:00 pm - Voted 10/10
Like all white pines, bristlecone should have 5 needles per fascicleBig white pines include: Eastern White Pine, Western White Pine and Sugar Pine, My guess is that your tree is not one of those. There is Limber Pine(Pinus Flexilis or thereabouts which is "white" and small too)
Did you find "bristles" on the cones?
The following has some on the morphology of different
"Bristlecones"
http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/growth.html
Dave K - Feb 6, 2004 12:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Like all white pines, bristlecone should have 5 needles per fascicleDean, you won't find any bristlecones near Tahoe. You need to go east or south to the Great Basin ranges. This looks like a whitebark pine.
Dean - Feb 6, 2004 1:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Like all white pines, bristlecone should have 5 needles per fascicleThanks for the input. I'll make a change to the caption and go with a whitebark pine since that sounds good to me. I've kind of gotten use to the thinking that trees near 10K feet are Bristlecones.
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