Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine is one of the world's longest-lived organisms, with trees estimated to be 2,500 years old in the Colorado Rockies. Its dense, bottle-brush needles with white resin flecks and distinctive cones with bristle-tipped scales make it recognizable. It grows in harsh, rocky subalpine environments near treeline.
Habitat
Subalpine rocky slopes near treeline in the southern Rocky Mountains
Diet
Seeds eaten by Clark's nutcracker; shelters small mammals and birds
How common
Uncommon
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